The federal authorities is providing reassurances concerning the potential presence of asbestos on the Man-Favreau Complicated in Montreal. The evaluation reviews on this topic have lastly been supplied to the unions that requested them, in addition to to native occupational well being and security committees.
“The reviews have been supplied to union representatives on native well being and security committees over the previous few weeks, and Public Companies and Procurement Canada additionally granted (Friday) direct entry to those paperwork to unions that requested them,” the division stated.
Final week, the Quebec department of the Public Service Alliance of Canada denounced the employers’ lack of transparency, stating that it had not acquired the evaluation reviews in regards to the presence of asbestos on this vital federal constructing in downtown Montreal. Its members have been additionally involved about their well being.
Though the federal authorities had already indicated that latest exams didn’t present the presence of asbestos, the union refused to easily take its phrase for it; it insisted on getting access to the complete reviews on the matter.
The PSAC-Quebec confirmed Wednesday that it had acquired the requested reviews. Its regional government vice-president for Quebec, Sébastien Paquette, welcomed the federal authorities’s “change of perspective” on this problem.
For the reason that Alliance’s public assertion final week, “we’ve had conferences; we’ve acquired paperwork, and, at first look, it appears constructive,” admitted Paquette. He added that the documentation in query is kind of voluminous and is presently being analyzed by the union’s consultants.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews