Quebec unmoved in standoff with doctors

[bananas]

Source: Globe and Mail

The Quebec government is resisting calls for a moratorium on the development of uranium deposits in the province despite threats by doctors in Sept-Îles to quit over plans to open a mine near the town.
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Physicians in the North Shore community spent the last year fighting mining company Terra Ventures Inc.'s exploration activities. The doctors, municipal officials, community organizations and residents are worried about potential radioactive contamination of the town's water supply.
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“Fearing for the health of the population, our personal health and that of our families, especially our children, we have decided to leave the region, and for many of us, even the province,” the doctors said in a letter sent Thursday to Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc.
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“I looked at the list and you have anesthetists, a lung specialist, surgeons, gynecologists. I'm telling you that the hospital won't be able to function without them. It wouldn't be able to if only five of them left,” said Lorraine Richard, the Parti Québécois Member of the National Assembly for Sept-Îles.
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[ananda]

1. Brave doctors.

Good for them.

[virgogal]

2. I feel sorry for the people left w/o doctors. What a situation.

[TheMadMonk]

3. I don't see anything brave about holding an entire town to ransom.

WHATEVER the motivation.

[Downwinder]

4. If you die of poisoning you won't need doctors. n/t

[DeSwiss]

5. Considering that Sept-Iles sits on Lake Erie.....

...I'm not sure the lake, nor the general area can stand any more pollution. The Great Lakes area http://www.helium.com/items/719606-the-most-polluted-places-in-the-us">is the most polluted place in America. And by consequence, so it is with Canada as well since they share the same water source.



- So good on ya docs. I wouldn't keep my family, nor myself there and exposed to this radioactive crap either......

[StarTurtle]

6. Actually, it's on the St. Lawrence Seaway.

There's nothing good about the idea of developing a uranium mine there in any case.