Showing posts with label Listeriosis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Listeriosis. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

LIsteriosis deaths could most likely have been avoided if not for the Conservative government mistakes

Impolitical: Listeriosis report recommendations reveal mistakes made by Harper government
The Weatherill listeriosis report was leaked to CTV last night and it will be publicly released later today. Here are a few of the leaked recommendations that I think are notable (*starred, bolded) and why. The recommendations from Weatherill become a little more interesting when you have a bit more of the context in hand.


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The ongoing LIsteriosis saga in Canada

Two reports, one committee: a public inquiry into listeriosis and the CFIA

“Twenty-two people died in this country. That cannot be swept under the rug.”
- Wayne Easter on June 18, 2009

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Sunday, January 4, 2009

Conservatives not keen on the Listeriosis investigation they promised.

Impolitical: Listeriosis investigation? Not so much
"With listeria, which killed a few-fold more people than Walkerton, we don't have one. It's no exaggeration to say that the Harper government has done less than any government in recent Canadian history to seek to understand what went wrong when Canadian citizens died. And it has sought to do less just because it knows it's culpable.