Mr. Speaker, second hand smoke has proven to be a silent killer. It is for this reason that on October 1 and 2, for the first time ever, Canadians across the country will be able to take part in a real time Internet broadcast of the B.C. symposium “Clearing the Air: Protecting Workers' Health”.
The symposium will bring together employers, workers, medical health officers and managers who will hear from a range of international and national experts. It will be broadcast today from 7.30 to 9.30 p.m. and tomorrow from 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. at www.cctc.ca.
The symposium is an initiative of the Clean Air Coalition of B.C., the British Columbia Lung Association and the Canadian Cancer Society. It will make scientific and economic facts related to second hand smoke available from coast to coast.
The broadcast of the symposium is made possible by a partnership between the CAC, Cancer Care Ontario and the Canadian Council for Tobacco Control. I congratulate them on a Canadian first.