Environment committee  No.

Environment committee  Let me start with an answer, and then hopefully we'll get close to a complete one. There are two existing lists of buildings with asbestos that I'm aware of. The federal government has produced one list of buildings owned by Public Works. It was just released a couple of months

Environment committee  That's correct.

Environment committee  Yes, your interpretation is right.

Environment committee  I can talk to you for sure about who makes up the group, and Sara may have a bit to add about that. Professions where there's a high level of exposure are construction, auto mechanics, some manufacturing—

Environment committee  No, the greater risk for auto mechanics is removing old brakes that contain asbestos.

Environment committee  When they come off, they release quite a bit of asbestos dust. I don't have a definitive answer for you of what percentage of those people are—

Environment committee  Yes, but I can tell you that the work we've done with the Occupational Cancer Research Centre makes it very clear that we're relying more on people taking safety measures in the workplace than we really should be. Each of those requirements is one more barrier to safety and is an

Environment committee  I'll let Sara add to this, but again—this is from the work of the research centre—obviously when there's a trade-off between a risk and a benefit, then it's important to do whatever you can to encourage, support, and educate workers to mitigate that risk. Where we've arrived on

Environment committee  The other most significant kind, apart from brake pads, unless Sara corrects me, is piping used in largely commercial construction. Asbestos can be used as an insulation on piping.

Environment committee  Yes. It's incorporated into a wrapping around the piping.

Environment committee  Thank you for the question. We have been talking to the government about this. First of all, I think it is important to say how encouraged we have been that the conversation has started. To my knowledge, there was no discussion of asbestos before the election. The government c

Environment committee  The Cancer Society certainly funds research into environmental carcinogens and how industrial pollutants can increase the risk of cancer. I would say that right now our greatest focus in this area is on a group of carcinogens that Canadians are being exposed to primarily in the w

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. It's a great honour to be here with you folks. Before I begin, I just want to say that we prepared to come to speak to you today in particular about asbestos, but we know that the task before you goes well beyond that material. The Canadian

Finance committee  One of the arguments that has been used against plain packaging—and I have to say, it has mainly been by the industry, but I know other people with the right interests are also asking some of those questions—has been that somehow it will make contraband easier. There really isn'