Category Archives: health

Harm Reduction

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Chris Tindal

Following yesterday’s reports of Health Minister Tony Clement’s ignorant comments about safe injection sites like Vancouver’s Insite which “left officials from the [World Health Organization] flummoxed and red-faced,” my father has this useful observation printed in today’s Globe and Mail … Continue reading →

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Dangerous Governance

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Chris Tindal

I spent the evening with Elizabeth May as she addressed an event at Upper Canada College. On the way over, we chatted about (among other things) the unbelievably disturbing situation unfolding with regards to the CNSC and our government. Namely, … Continue reading →

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Leadership Meltdown

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Chris Tindal

Yesterday was the fifty-fifth anniversary of the world’s first nuclear meltdown. The reactor that experienced the major “accident” was called NRX, and was located in a small town in Ontario named Chalk River. The organization in charge of the reactor … Continue reading →

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Welcome To The Club

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Chris Tindal

In 2004, and then again in 2006, the NDP told the Sierra Club of Canada that they would not support a ban on exporting asbestos, expressing a concern for “workers and families that derive their livelihoods from this long-standing industry.” … Continue reading →

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