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BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN tobacco firms have suffered potentially a monumental blow, as Canada’s highest court has sided with the British Columbia provincial government, giving it the green light to sue manufacturers to recover billions of dollars in health care costs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union and Canada have signed an agreement allowing personal data on airline passengers flying to Canada to be transferred to Canadian authorities, helping identify passengers possibly posing a security threat. This would include names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses and credit card numbers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CANADIAN alloy magnesium producer Magnola has been correctly charged 21.61% countervailing duties on its exports to the United States, a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) panel has ruled. It has found that the US Department of Commerce’s (DoC) decision to impose the duties was legal under NAFTA and “supported by substantial evidence on the record”.…

Keith Nuthall
THE INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned that airport check-in staff suffer intense physical and emotional stresses, causing widespread workplace injuries and illnesses. A survey of Canada and Switzerland airports by the International Transport Workers’ Federation, International Labour Office, and Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety has revealed serious problems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CANADIAN government claims it has complied with a 2004 WTO ruling that elements of its collective wheat marketing systems break global commerce rules. A disputes panel told Canada to reform the Canada Grain Act, Canada Grain Regulations, and the Canada Transportation Act.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and MONICA DOBIE
A CANADIAN federal tobacco advertising law has been declared unconstitutional in the province of Québec for preventing tobacco company names, as well as cigarette brands, from being used to sponsor sports and cultural events. Its Court of Appeal struck down parts of the law on tobacco advertising and labeling by a 2-1 majority, leading legal experts to tell Canadian newspapers that a “JTI Tennis Tournament” would be possible, but not an “Export A Tournament.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and MONICA DOBIE
A CANADIAN federal tobacco advertising law has been declared unconstitutional in the province of Québec for preventing tobacco company names, as well as cigarette brands, from being used to sponsor sports and cultural events. Its Court of Appeal struck down parts of the law on tobacco advertising and labeling by a 2-1 majority, leading legal experts to tell Canadian newspapers that a “JTI Tennis Tournament” would be possible, but not an “Export A Tournament.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A HIGH profile environmental project protecting endangered snow leopards has been launched in association with central Asia’s largest gold deposit, the Kumtor gold mine, in Kyrgyzstan’s inaccessible Tien Shan mountains. Environmentalists have consistently attacked the development, particularly after sodium cyanide from an overturned truck spilled into the Barskoon River in 1998.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PRESIDENT George W Bush has indicated the USA may abandon protective food production subsidies at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Development Round. He told an ITV interview ahead of the Gleneagles G8 summit: “Let’s join hands as wealthy industrialised nations and say to the world, we’re going to get rid of all our agricultural subsidies together.”…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A CANADIAN study published in the American Journal of Health Promotion has found that sending people unsolicited ‘spam’ emails that promote healthy eating and lifestyle choices can reverse some bad dietary habits and increase physical activity. The 2,598 participants in the University of Alberta research who received spam reduced their mean body mass index (BMI), whereas people who did not receive the e-mails slightly increased their BMI during the study period.…