Why It’s Not ”Nice” For Canadians To Export Asbestos To The Third World
Canadian environmentalist and social justice activist Kathleen Ruff is the author of Exporting Harm: How Canada Markets Asbestos to the Developing World. She contacted me after she happened to come across my post in which I alluded to the controversy around the continued mining and export of asbestos, and she was kind enough to provide us with some valuable links for further reading on this topic. Here’s what Kathleen Ruff had to say:
”The CBC recently broadcast a documentary (Canada’s Ugly Secret) showing the appalling conditions for workers in India handling the asbestos we export. Here is the link to watch it: http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/video/healtheducation/canadas_ugly_secret.html (Note from Evelyn: Video Livestreaming is temporarily down at CBC)
The Canadian government tells developing countries that asbestos can be safely used, which is completely untrue. The Quebec & Canadian governments are also failing to protect Canadian workers from asbestos. It is the biggest killer of Canadian workers, but the Quebec and the federal government allow workers to be exposed to ten times higher amounts of asbestos than does the U.S., the European Union and the rest of the developed world. This is a public health scandal and Canadian workers and their families will pay a heavy price for this for years to come. Read more »
A Canadian Family Headstone: Alexandre Doucet (1931) Marie Doucet (1920), Bathurst (New Brunswick)
Transcription:
A la memoire de Alexandre Doucet decede le 23 av. 1931 age de 81 ans & de Marie Doucet decede le 27 jan 1920 agee de 75 ans. RIP Translation: In the memory of Alexandre Doucet who died on April 23rd, 1931 at the age of 81 and Marie Doucet who died on January 27th, 1920 at the age of 75. Rest in Peace.
Genealogy Notes:
I came across the couple memorialized on this tombstone while researching my own grandmother Elizabeth Doucet(m. Joseph Lagace) who is the daughter of a couple named Alexandre Doucet and Marie Roy. Both couples lived in the same approximate area and time period, and since my ancestors are also referred to as Alexandre and Marie Doucet, I am trying to untangle the two family trees. I would greatly appreciate help from anyone familiar with either of thse two lines.
This would seem to be the couple Alexandre and Marie Doucet who were married on November 19th, 1872 in Bathurst, New Brunswick in Ste-Famille Parish in the presence of James and Helene Doucet.
Related Posts:
Desperately Seeking Elizabeth(1)
Desperately Seeking Elizabeth(3) Eureka!
In my first two posts I described some of the steps I had followed in trying to determine who my great-grandmother Elizabeth Doucet’s parents were. After comparing data on all the “Elisabeths” that she could be, I’d arrived at the conclusion that she was probably the daughter of a certain Alexander Doucet of Robertsville and that was as far as I could get.
I also left a note asking anyone who knew more about these Doucets of the Bathurst, New Brunswick area to contact me. Well – as so often happens when we share our family research online – I got lucky and was contacted by someone researching the same lineage – Janice Cushman. Janice is building her son’s line and he descends from Elizabeth Doucet through her son Arthur Legacy, one of my grandfather Adelard Lagace’s brothers. Janice told me that Arthur Lagace immigrated to western Canada – something which was a complete surprise to the hundreds of Lagaces living here in Montreal and back in New Brunswick!
Coming back to Elizabeth – while researching this line independently, Janice had also arrived at the conclusion that Elizabeth was the daughter of Alexander Doucet of Robertville, but she had one more piece of the puzzle – a copy of Elizabeth Doucet’s death certificate which proved that Elizabeth’s parents were Alexandre Doucet and Marie Roy. She’s given me permission to share it with you, so here is an extract with the crucial detail: Read more »
Desperately Seeking Elizabeth(2)
I’m writing this series for my immediate family so that they can see some of the process I follow when I research our family tree, but if you’re interested in the Doucets of northern New Brunswick – or if you know something about my Elizabeth – I’d be delighted to hear from you in the Comment Box below.
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In my first post I described how I had reached a brickwall with one of my great-grandmothers Elizabeth Doucet. I had confirmed her 1894 marriage to my great-grandfather Joseph Lagace dit Mignier with several secondary and tertiary sources but I still didn’t know who her parents were. One thing I did know (through family lore) was that my Doucets were from one of the old founding families of Acadia – but I couldn’t seem to connect to any specific line.
In fact, the first Doucet in Acadie was Germain Doucet, son of the French Sieur de la Verdure. He arrived in Acadia in 1632 with commander De Razilly and held various important posts including eventually Commander of Port Royal. It’s been quite frustrating to know where our line begins, but not to be able to make the definitive link!
My partial breakthrough came when I was able to access the original marriage record of my maternal great-grandparents Joseph Lagace and Elizabeth Doucet. It confirms the marriage date of June 26th, 1894 at the Mission in Gloucester, New Brunswick. They were married by Father W.E. Sormany in front of Jerome Daigle and Mary Jane Lagace. Unlike just about every marriage record I’ve ever found, this one doesn’t have the parents listed! Read more »
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