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FILENAME: Flintkote (FLK) DATE: 1969 Oct DOC#: FLK063 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Quebec Asbestos Mining Association with Internal Reports V f % p M l t No. ^ / L 3 - . ~ Kxeni' ...... 4 p / . i & s $ : Shannon Kcrnagiian fHTci;il Reporter ff!,'UTC; pr t v f ; c r r r ; nzniKC ^rnrcgBtSCPSSWaBSe, Rls r ^ V H a ? .. .5 c r Twe QUEBEC ASSE5T0S r.I.VlhC ASSOCIATION HTLO O U ' OCTOBER 6 AMD 9, 196 , AT THr SCICHTQRY CLUB, BQMTE8ELL 0P.O. 1 T. J Yk \ % 1 " * ' j it | 5 I t t mz1 i r Ij r! WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8. 199 ,, P resen t: B essra. K. V. L in P e ll D.T. Colton B .C. Carpenter T. Couture R .S . Coleman A .R . Datmis R .J. R errill R. Oodds-Hohron R .J. Se-sel J .O . Eby LC. Cughtrad W.H. Totter T .P . S a it h R .P . Cagnon H.B. S a li N.W. Handry C .B . Burnett R .L . Hennebach ' I .C . Canpball A .R . Hooker R .P . Carson J .R .K . Hutcheson P. C a rtie r (O r.) E .B . Jones J .A . Bain John-RcCsnn (O r.). . J .C . McDonald (D r.) L .C . Piure D. P o irie r 0. P o u tiztin e B. Prus C.W. Wright (D r.) Cep; Robinson : I . Sabourin Paul-A. filte a u U.: - . . . The P re s id e n t, h r. Karl V .L in r ie ll, occupied the c h a ir . His f i r s t mords ware to g rset and welcome the ne* a tte n d a n ts, more s p e c ific c s l l y R a ssrs. Carpenter, Jon es, Hooker, Ora. C a r tie r and RcCann. . , .. . ......... ..... Tha P r sid a n t than gave a b r ia f report o r 'h is "recant...trip .to "Jaaan.v.' mhara ha attandad tha In te rn a tio n a l Congraas on O ccupational Health. Aeortg tha p a r tic ip a n ts thara mar* 720 Japanese and 680 foreign ers from U .S ., fr a n c s , Canada, Caraany, Smedan and U .S .3. R . - O r. Pelnar, S c i a n t i f i c Secretary of our I n s t i t u t , deliv ered n e x c e lla n t paper t th Conference, froa tha d is cues ions th a t took p la c e , i t would JffiKOWffiRffi ...' 'e 15 " "" `v ' ~ ~ y seem th a t c r o c id o lit s and sm osita as roll as asbestos "per se" are c a r c in o g e n ic . As a whole the Conference as qu ite s u c c e s s fu l. Dr. B rig h t as then in v ite d to re v ie * the ark of tho S c i e n t i f i c Committee. Dr. C.B . tfr iohti 1. Q .A .R .A . has underw ritten a study of the health e ffe c t s related to asb esto s exposure in workers o f the asbestos cement industry ' . and e th e r re sid e n ts o f Ns O rlean s. This i s an important p ro j e c t sin e s i t deals with the asbestos cement exposure, whereas ciost. o f the exoerience so fa r i s with the t e x t ile indu stry and in s u la t io n workers. Joh n s-P lan villa and N ation al Cypsum are to Cl- ba commended fo r allo w in g th e ir population to be s tu d ie d . I t has ^ been agreed th a t p est employees would be traced and the cause of death would be in v e s tig a te d in those who d ie d . Attaaps w ill be ade to a s se ss the past dust exposure and current weasursoents si done in the p la n ts w ill be u t i l i s e d . n* i I t had been planned o r ig in a lly to in clu d e environmental (p ublic) exposure, but t h is part eas removed from the a p p lic a tio n ; i t w ill be d is c r e e t ly re -e v a lu a te d during in -p le n t in v e s tig a tio n work. 2. In the U .5 ., in -p la n t environmental standards ere established through a s p s c ia l Committee which recommends threshold lim it v a lu e s . Although th is body has no le g a l support of any kind, ... i the v a rio u s S ta te s u su a lly incorporate i t s recommendations in t h e ir l e g i s l a t i o n ..' :v '" tliit But the trsnd is towards the e sta b lish in g o f fed e ra l Standards. These are g ra d u a lly introduced on a reg io n a l b a s is . Thus fa r , a sb e sto s has not been under c o n sid e ra tio n , but su re ly w ill be ,../ 3 57137 E l j c c Hi .v ; ! i i-I r t ii ! ( l. 5 r i 3. very soon. The mechanism of the Federal Agency corks as Follow s: '! An in - p la n t Bureau oF Occupational 5 afe ty and Health submits r s - - ; cosEondations in s very formal way to a Cooraittee. Far in s ta n c e , among a s c a le of 10 im perative recommendations subm itted r e c e n tly , asbestos as 7th j however, the F ir s t 6 have been by-passed and j asbestos has become number 1 on the p r io r it y l i s t . Such report then goes to a Board ichsse members submit th e ir commentsin w ritin g . These are forwarded to a Consumer Agency and then to th8 S e creta- / ry o f H e a lth and Secretary o f Labour. I t should be p oin ted out -- t th a t the Committee o f experts i s maae up o f competent poople. So F ar, a range o f lim it s up to 12 f ib r e s psr c .c ..h a s beec pro- . . . "" r ...... posed. (Ona m illio n p a r t ic le s per cu . f t . * 35 p a r t i c le s per c . c . ) . j The e v e n tu a l compromise should f a l l somewhere in between. As a p re lim in a ry recommendation fo r in - p la n t and in s u la tio n work stan d a rd s , an educated guess wouid prooably be s i x fib r e s per c . c. The m a tte r , however, which has y e t to be cle a re d up la th a t o f i in te r m itte n t expoeure; in a survey o f in d u s tr ia l exposure, the U .S. ; O ccu p atio n a l S a fe ty and Haalth Department has come up w ith a time- computed average o f tec to four fib r e * par -- ... j \ Or. J .C . BcOonald : Before re p o rtin g on h is survey o f asbestos mine w orkers, O r. -KcDcrold f i r s t extahdad his thanks to the Q .A .K .A . fo r i t s generous support. He a lso reviewed soma o f tha background stu d ie s and a r t i c l e a , such as tha sto ry which appeared in the Hem Y ork er, which-were cause for . concern and a n x ia ty . Thesa p u b lic a tio n s p oin ted to : a) a 1 0 0 -fo ld increaaa sin ce 1900 in the production and. uaes^of asbestos; b) the appearance in random autopsies o f a s b e s to s - lik e f i b r e s .i n v human lu n g s ; c) s u b s t a n t ia l r is k to. lung cancar from tx p e su re -to a sb e sto s j i-j-V-i;--. j ,| \ : I -1 3713S /A ag d) i d e n t i f i c a t io n of a escth e lio o a with in cre a sin g frequency mors r e c e n tly . - ....... ... ...................... ;>W*>J.JMa The fo re g o in g b r ie fly sunrarizes the evidence gen erally accosted before the study on asbestos cine workers was s ta r te d . WorW conducted 1. Rain study o f asbestos mine workers. 2. Survey c f asso the l i o*a in Canada by oeaxta o f a qu estionn aire 3t forrarded to a il p a th o lo gists. This inquiry gave a ra tio of three caaes in aanufacturing and ' serv ie'e -a g a in st. one. in oinir.g end a i l l i n g . 3. Stu d ies o f o i l s , waxes and trace a e t a ls . ?! ^ 2 is i 1 * Study c f Asbestos Eine Workers . So. of Vo. of Ho. o f ain in g coapafios persona employed jobs recorded in included in survey 44 27,000 employment r e c o r d s ^ 203,000appro*. ASefSTQSTS 5 tvQICATCO 8T X-RAY Current eopioyees (Sov. 1966) kegative 5560 P o s itiv e 163. m 2 .S % Total 5723 _________ L e ft work . 1955-65 1' . . . L e ft work 1945-55 L e ft work ' 1935-45 . i e -1 , . ; ; fe16SS 2943 1139 , 1 0....7**.-v:,.>....6......V3.Vi-.'^.;, ....1755 ..." 96 .3 .2 3 -3035 " ! 38. 3 .2 * . 1177 , ' 37139 ,../ 5 c c Vv77*f'. 7 4 Year of birth 5. koetaltty re.? c b s i eyres g;?*? i r o i - ! ? ? Total Traced Dead cause known Dead causa net know 1891-9S 1,532 1,163 544 46 1895-00 1,971 1,579 569 63 1901-05. 2,019 . 1,721 449 35 1906-10 1,942 ' 1,764 2S5 18 1911-15. 1,913 1,647 210 5 1916-20 2,134 2,081 131 6 A ll 11,511 10,175 2,198 175 (art) i I DEATHS fROB IW C CANCER OBSERVED AND EXPECTED* T Dust exposure Grade , * ' Yaar of V. Lear Lob Dadluo High A ll 0 birth 0E 0 E 0 E 0' E 0E i t 1891-1900 15 19 13 15 12 9 7 6 47 49 ' ! 1901-1910 6 11 12 12 97 7 3 34 33 I 1911-1920 4 3 44 33 3 1 16 10 j j: - :r . r'/K. vi, ;_r.Tjh': ?^r5.- ~:V>c'.. . i '" ' v " : : iy it A ll 25 32 29 30 24 19 IT 10 ' 95. 91... a \ : f r a Quobac a o r t * li t y ratas l .../ e . . I ' ><<y^ %sA.iqc'! Ti'-S?; y*;#2 c 6, Rare Inform ation i s required in the case o f c o r t a llt y stu d ie s as a l l as fu rth er a n a ly sis o f lung fu n ction rates and X -ra y s . The rep ort i s expected to be completed by the and o f 1S59. I At t h is p a in t, Dr. Wright emphasized that the work undertaken by Dr. McDonald and h is teas was c o lo s s a l. Ke cautioned the A sso cia s if tio n not to p u b lish any sta ta e e n t prem aturely, nor to pressure Dr. -i 5-i McDonald in to p u b lish in g a report before the study i s f u ll y complote. . J i O r. McDonald p oin ted out th a t there oere other areas'w hich could be in v e s tig a te d as a fo llo w -u p . Ke in d ica te d that in t e r o f p r io r ity *. i t would be u s e fu l? a) to keep the 12,000 een under continued observation - probably as '! many lung cancers m ill be observed in the next 5 years as had been observed to -d a te , sin ce the general cancer rata i s in creasin g; b) to continue to require p ath o lo gists to p o r t eases, o f m esothelio ma to the I . O . E . H . j ........ ' ^: e) to follow c lo s e ly soma o f the en over a period o f years; d) to study p le u r a l-p la q u e s , even i f they are n o n -in c a p a c ita tin g . A fem questions mere then posed to Dr. McDonald fo llo w in g which the e a tin g was adjourned. 1 | .-v ' -.ri.V? - ; -- - .../ T h u r s d a y , October 5 , .1965. t 1 1 * - graSy-ul.tr?* * r/v, Tur.-rii.Y_i.i,,auy' , !! -/ . - . c' rsn i"-- " ---- - ' '''HSifSZSg: : $5 :' -* ? * - c iT-r^->s u*r* .p i .V'j t e s or the s p e c i a l beeti ng cr thc o lt ere tsg-rsros wining a s ^gc t ^tto*i MCLP ON' CCTCBZr 3 AND 9, 1969, AT THg SEIGNIORY CLUB, WCHTESEllC. . C . 1 ''. *1 THURSDAY, OCTCeCR 9. 1969 -53 v.. <5 ;-;i i - i \ % j : i ,.y The u n e p a r tic ip a n t! as fo r the meeting o f Wednesday, October the 5 th , w ith the e x e e p tio n o f D rs. C a r t ie r , RcCann, ReDona Id and Wright, attended the aaeting. I t a* owed and seconded th a t A s so c ia tio n bald on Ju ly 3 1 s t, Dr. P e ln a r 's naee on page 11. the ninutas o f the 111th meeting of the 1969, be adspted a ft e r co rrectio n to CARRIED. The P re sid e n t then c a lle d on the vario u s Stan d in g Committee Chairccn. 'TECHNICAL Ct3?irTTTrr Tha l a s t r e e tin g o f the C a o a itte e sas held a t the U n iv e rsity of Sherbrooke on the 9th of September. :! ; t ` ' .it 1j .r,jiVtif..?- 4 1 . n i t r a t i o n o f A a b a to s -C s e e n t-S ilic a -* ix a s - An a d d itio n a l piece o f apoaratue producad by the S a ila y Company i s to ba in v e stig a te d to datarsir.* i f i t aay b* su ita b le fo r thia soric. 2 e d i t o r ia l Su b-C erflittae - I t i s plsnned to raviaw the tra n sla tio n ^ o f tha suaaary o f tha t a s t p rccad u rai with R r. T ilte a u with th v ia * to tha s u it a b ilit y o f tha wording fo r the type o f c ir c u la tio n a n t i c i - . patad for tha tran slatio n . 3 714 2 /' Jv c c 3 . fib r e Stren gth U nit - Ths A .E .T .M . have requested a l l procedures to be w r itte n in Standardised Re t r i e Sy stem term in o lo gy 'T'" The 'task" * c f r e v is in g the drawings for tho fib r e Stren gth Unit to s a t is fy the standard m e tric system has been sta rte d f e r subm ission with thn re vised procedure. 4 . Screen C loth Standards - At present the clo se st equivalent screen :S s iz e to the T yler S e rie s Size i s sup plied from the U .S . S e rie s .* This s in fo rm a tio n has been relayed to the Uniform C la s s i f i c a t io n and Cradini Committee as the Quebec Standard Test.may b e .a ffe c te d by.an alterna '1 t iv e being su p p lied fo r the 35 e e st s ie v e . S . C olou r T est - The revised procedure has been accepted with minor c o r r e c t io n s , but i t s accuracy i s not f u l l y dependable whan a spinning fib r e i s the sam ple, due to the textu re o f the p e lle t specimen. :;J i \ 6 . .A .S .T .W , D-30 -3/Three te s ts are being considered by t h is group at the n ex t m eeting on the 27th and 2Sth o f O ctob er. These are the Colour T e s t, the R o-tap -T est and a Soisture^ Content-P rocedu re..-.^, ti UMTfORW CLASSIFICATION AEP GRADING CQBSlTTCt | R a tte r s o f in t e r e s t to D irecto rs were rep orted as fo llo w s : i 1 . T ib re Length k Diameter - The program i s making good progress. I A ll 1963 Exchange Samples w ill have been measured fo r le n g th by tho r. r <. *nd of Septem ber, The measuring a t d ltm ettr- sho uld be completed by la te Koveaber, Boaaurtd le n g th data w ill be compared w ith the. Strength U n it, Quebec Standard, R cK a tt, Rapid Surface Area, and Rotap te s t r e s u lts c f these same f i b r e s . r'tSiC.-'hr./.A' '.../3` _;37143_ :....... ^Ar*ev^l Wsfr4' <* c c r r >i' \ ;1 . "\iVr < 1 ? f li Ii i i* ./ 4 3. As scon os the length r e s u lts are a v a ila b le they i l l be sent to in d iv id u a l Q .A .R .A . Member Companies for th e ir stu d y. A s im ila r program i l l be follow ed for the diameter measurements and for combined length-diam eter stu d ie s. 2. D ept, o f Wines - Ottaaa - The Chairman o f the T ech n ical and the Chairman of the Uniform C la s s ific a t io n and Crading Committees in a le t t e r to Rr. Roodrcaffe eaphasized the fo llo w in g -p o in ts : (a) The need for e review of the asbestos research program. . (b) The need to a c c e le r a te such a program^ (c) Suggested needrd resesrch areas and p ossib le aethods showing nost prom ise. . ... A meeting with the Ottawa group w ill be arranged fo r e a r ly in November. 3. Monthly "Shipping T ests" Report - At p r e se n t, both tonnage shipped end the O .S . te sts are reported by fib re Croup f o r .3 , A, S & 6 Croup f ib r e s , and by Sub-Crada fo r Croup 7. * r . R essel has suggested that the rep o rt show tonnaQe and O .S . te s ts by Crabs fo r a l l fib r e s . Thar i s unanimous egr8sent th a t 0 .5 . t e s t s should ba by Crada. Eut on* company i s s t i l l not agreeing to rep ortin g tonnage by grades and m ill restudy the id ea . A. Letric System - \ - : ' ' 4 .1 Sag Baights - In d iv id u a l Companies sr* to study ..th e.in p lica-^ ,;.: tio n s o f AS Kg (99 l b s .) , AO Kg (S3.2 l b s .) and 25 Kg (55.1 lb s .) b a g tj lig h t e r bags probably m ill be necessary in the near fu tu re , but the costs o f bags and equipment change* need aerio us con sid er- . tion. ..... 3 7 1 4 4 */4 s; - c n i i. *V : . J 1 .2 C .S . Tost - The suggested sample eight i s SOC grams. The presen t one pound i s 52 grans. The probable changes in test r e s u lt s using the g r e a te r weight is to be studied by ftesber Con- _ p a n ie s . A change in te s t time may be necessary. I t s s e n s , at the moment, that the O .S . te s t ould be reported as a percentage cn each box. This i l l c a ll fo r a r s v icion of O .S . t e s t minima and maxima. This s i l l be undertaken hen agree ment i s reached on sample eigh t and eshes to be used. 1HDSTRIAL RELATIONS CPflff ITTCC B r i e f l y , the Chairman o f the Committee reported as f o l i o : a ^ !i 1. Labour agreements - A ll except N ation al Asbestos have signed con tract3. 4 .... ii Lake A sb esto s, to Dec. 31 - 69 Asbestos C orp o ratio n , to Dec. 31 - 71 Carey-Ca radian, to Dec. 31 m 71 S ell Asbestos, to June .32- -70 C .J.r i., to Ja n . " 31 - 72 N a tio n a l, to Dec. 31 - 68 riintkote, to Dec. 31 - 71 j Lika A ib asto s s ta te s th a t n e g o tia tio n s should s t a r t in November at j their location. < . ........ * * ; j I 2# tborkaerfs Compensation - A review of compensation co sts and a c c i:; dent frequency forcth e-past.5 ..year3csh ow s'f-thatcourc.frequency has i r - v . . .. _______ creased e ta a d ily over the years but 'not. t h e 'i r v e r i t y .'i'T h iS 'is p a r - : _ \ t i a l l y due to the a cce p tin g o f p re v io u sly unallowed e la ia a for back, hearing, heart condition, e tc . I t .i s also-believed that cost of in d u s t r ia l d isease cla im s could become la r g e r than a ccid en t cla im s. The m utual assessment o f 80^. issu ed i n - O c t o b e r !* . the h igh est to.--/*- ` -- data. ' J---------------- ;---------- c.*r?Vfi>4ractinia* r' ;* J c C 3. S a fe ty - U. flohtgomery i s nc~ g iv in g us f u l l time and th is i: very sa tis fa c to ry arrangement. ......... A. A r b itr a tio n - At the la s t aeetin g o f th e Committee, recent cases M r s reviewed as w ell as sev e ral indu stry grievances end methods of handling same. (1) lo s t an a r b itr a tio n case on 1 day la y o f f fo r sleeping. P roo f m s net s a t i s f a c t o r il y e s ta b lis h e d . Unless a nan de- , I ' li b e r s t e ly leaves h is p lace o f work for the express reason to s le e p , he is not a sle e p . (2) I f a man comes back to work before s t a r t o f - s h i f t and con tin u e s on, the court has Judged t h is to be overtime - not c a ll tin e . Asbestos Corporation received > favorable ver d ict. * 4 (3) S e v e rity o f penalty i s a p re ro g a tiv e o f management. Lake received .-favorable verd ict in respect to a penalty isposed. 5. A ir P o llu tio n - Curing d uscussion by the Committee o f Quebec's in t e n t in th is regard, i t ' was suggested th a t hen the o f f i c i a l le g is i la t io n i s form ally tabled before the R a tio n a l Assembly, both the - I Environm ental Control Committee and the In d u s tr ia l R e la tio n s C asait- tee get together to study the S i l l . i 6 . L e g is la t io n - B i l l 49 on Wanpomer tr a in in g has become law. A a e e tin g i s scheduled mith Quebec Labour Oapartmont O f f i c i a l s to -dis cu ss i t s operation end im p lic a tio n s . m im ecoriT T C C Tha Chairman reported th a t meetings m ill s h o r tly be held mith s v ia * to n eg o tiatin g ratea fo r the ocean ca rriag e s o f. asbestos for tha year 1970. -nrI >, . ^ 37146 .../ 6 a..-.v -tH t t:j \ ' ' :*" * . ~ ------ ................ ________________ + A. 't + < j J , -*i ;, i* c c rsV 6. R a il r a te s on fib r e to the Rio Crando cro ssin g p o in ts to Bexico from Quebec o r ig in have been decreased by a p p ro x ica to ly by reason c f 60-ton rates being e sta b lish e d to cake thes c o o c e titiv e with s i s i l a r rates established-fron est coast o r ig in s . 1 Ooaurrage rate s on cars containing export t r a f f i c have been in crea sed by 310.00 e day ith no' change in fre e t i n e , e f f e c t i v e Septem ber 1 s t , 1969. At the s u e tin s dom estic dssurrsge ra te s have been in c r e a s e d to 310.00 par day fo r the f i r s t four days and S20.CO for each day th e re a fter. - J ; I! ! The K id d ie A tla n t ic Trucking Conference (Eastern U nited S ta te s ) has' ii r a is e d i t s rate s Z% across the board, e f f e c t i v e August 2 5 th , 1969, ! to p u t then in the sans p o sitio n as the U .S . R a ilro a d s , *h ich era r e c e n tly granted an equivalen t in crease by the ICC. i I LCCISLAT1QM AwO TAXATION CQgfllTTCC 3 1 . Tax Reforn - finance M in ister C. J . Benson,*: h a s " in d ic a te d , that-tise White Paper on governaent tax re fo rs i l l be ready to be aade p u b lic about the end o f October. A good p o rtio n of the- White Paper has bean iI already approved in d raft fora. '.. tl I 2 . J o i n t fleetin g o f the Q .A .ft.A . and fl.fl.K.A. Tax C caw ittees - At the l a s t jo i n t n estin g o f ths Tsx Conwittaes o f the tec A s so c ia tio n s , t h i fa llo w in g su b je cts were discussed; *. ' - t ) D ie s e l O il Tax-*-- In view o f . t h S j t a x i w f o j ^ a / u w ^ ^ n*w K in is t e r o f rinance fo r Quebec, flr . ' .l B e a u l i e u ,t h e : - J c i n t : c o a t in g considered th a t i t would be a p p rop riate to p resen t to the naw M in is te r en up-dated subaissionon D ie s e l.O il Tex t p p lic a b l* y to off-high w ay v e h ic le ! Jo in tly with the. Pulp end P aper-A ssocia- - i l i o n and other groups- using of f - h lg ft M y !squ ip eent . 1 ' ,../ 7 ! . w_ ... rV*A -t J ~] ' ] v iI< i . j | j .j * ' | - |l _vA***i ."5 : i ' ?. b) A ir and Water P o llu tio n - In view o f tho r e c e n tly announced p o lic y o f the fe d e ra l Covernaent i n th is 'r e s p e c t-a n d the pres sures a t the P ro v in c ia l and R u n icip a l le v e l s , i t was agreed to request tax incentives fe r the construction of p o llu tio n control f a c i l i t i e s . To t h is end, a r e s o lu tio n was presented a t the nines M in is te r s Conference in Toronto on September 14-17, 1969. See i t s a 3 below. c) M inins Duties Audit - As regards the a p p lic a tio n o f the neur M ining D u ties Act (1966), the g en e ra l consensus a t the jo i n t weetin g was th a t c l a s s i f i c a t i o n o f treatm ent' f a c i l i t i e s was broad and q u ite s a f i s f a c t o r y , but th a t development expanses are not as broad as p e r s e c tio n 83A o f the Incowe Tax A ct. 3 . P r o v in c ia l Kinea M in is te r s Conference in Toronto - The o v e ra ll im pression gained i s th a t the d iscu ssio n s in the s ix d iffe re n t con- a i t t e e s brought about seme very c o n s tru c tiv e recommendations. Coo- a it t e e No. 3 - R o y a lt ie s , Taxation and T a r i f f s , fo r one was very a c t i v e . Some o f i t s . awre ia p o rta n t recommendations can be suaoa- rixed as fe llo e s : - * a) fe d e r a l Tax Refer - A tte n tio n was again d ir te te d in a rcccm aendation to the Mines M in isters concerning the Carter Report adverse e f f e c t s on the progress o f the mining and p etro lau a indust r i t e , i f recommendations were adopted. b) A ir and Water P o llu tio n C ontrol F a c i l i t i e s - I t was reconmendad th a t p o l l u t i o n `c o n t r o l '' f a c i l i t i e s , b e c fu lly exempt from fe d e ra l, and P r o v in c ia l s a lt s t a x , th a t a ECS s t r a i g h t lin e d e p re cia tio n be allow ed fo r income ta x purposes (F e d e ra l and P r o v in c ia l) , that ICC* d e p re c ia tio n be gran ted undar p r o v in c ia l edning. d u tie s le g is la t i o n and th a t the f a c i l i t i e s in v o lv e d be exempt from r e a l estate .taxatio n . .............,>..*....I....- .... ......u.-.r.^..q-r-v . r.s / 7 /a 3 7 1 4 8 vWllw.w.4 c V c V- :. 8. c) Uniform ity of Allowances end Disallow ances under the Varices K in ing Arts in Canada - fiv e su b sta n tia l and r e a l i s t i c rccomnend ation s ere submitted to the atten tio n o f tho Bines flin ia te rs. These concern d e p r e c ia t io n ,. processing allow an ce, allow able de d u c tio n s , p a r t ia lly allow able and d isallow ab la d ed u ctio n s. 4 , 3 t ! d) Reclamation and Conservation Expenditures - ttith regards to reclam ation and conservation o f land used in mining oporations i t eras recommended th a t a l l expenditures fo r sa id purpose incurred during the operation o f a sin e be allowed as o p e ratin g expense (d e d u ctib le under fe d e ra l and P ro v in c ia l income ta x and Provin c i a l mining ta x ) . ....................... . r : I PfSLTC RELATIONS COWITTCE Tha Chai rotan b r ie f ly reviewed p u b lic r e la tio n s a c t i v i t i e s sines August 1 l a s t , a t reportad by the D irector o f Inform ation S e rv ice s. 1. Asbestos Producer - E d it o r ia l eaphasis .in the J ly -A u g u s t, (,Sap-____ r ^ teaber and October issu es p lacad on the c o n trib u tio n by the Canadian ' mining in d u stry , and a sb e ste s-a in in g in p a r t ic u la r , to varying le v e ls o f tha Canadian economy, and the serious economic dangers of reoucing tax allowances to mining companies engaged in development pork. > . /* J- 2. Q .A .R .A . Littrature - f a c t s about Asbestos - The searing response to the s a ili n g of the booklet to fe d e ra l Kaabers o f Parliam ent and Cabinet B in is te r s fro Cuabae constituencies,' a l l Beabers^f^tha^W ational'-Assembly fe d a r a l and p r o v in c ia l c i v i l serv a n ts, to a l l - ssg a sn ts o f ,the p re ss, to ra g io n a l school boards, a t e . suggests th a t an a f r a c t iv a and rea- . aonably acon oaicxl means o f c a p it a liz in g on th is quest- fo r informa tio n would be to present the A a a o c ia tio n 'i y ea rly atatam ent on the . atatua and proapecta o f tha industry aa a printed b ilin g u a l document, ; accorded tha asat broad d istrib u tio n as above but exclud ing schools and in clu d in g the fin an cial-e co n o m ic, community. .... ^37149 c :v c y -. 9. This p r o p o sa l, in v o lv in g an estim ated production co st of 25.GG, as oved by tha Chairman for approval by the D ire c to rs. Seconded. * CARRIED. 2. In d u stry B rie f to Cendron Commission - The P u b lic R e la tio n s Com mittee has authorized the General Ranager to subait tha fin a l draft o f tha in d u s tr y 's b r ie f to OAHA D irecto rs before p re se n tin g i t to the Cendron Commission. A cco rd in g ly , approvol..by th e. D irectors was V */ ........>. .. . .. t a o l l i c i t e d and xuch as gran ted, provided th a t tha fig u r s cf"6,00C eaploysss" as used throughout the su b aisslon . A. Health Situ ation - In lig h t o f the forthcoming prelim inary report by Dr. BcDonald on re a u lts o f the Epidem iological Survey o f the po p u la tio n s o f Asbestos and Thetford R in a t, the embers o f tha P.R . Committee have stre sse d the naed fo r a p o s itiv e and comprehansive statem en t, p u b liciz e d as e x te n s iv e ly as p a s s ib le , by the industry on the s u b je c t and fo r promptly a d v is in g , tha .union . and .l o c a l , p a p u la - ,^ , ^ tions o f any publishable fin d in g s . A fter aoaa d isc u s s io n , hoaever, i t as agreed by the O ira cto rs that r t s u lt s a u st first be published in e fo r s a l ay in o d io s i Jo u rn a ls, and a ls o th a t the Unions Bust ba advised o f f i c i a l l y o f survey in s p e c ia l p riv a te e e tin g e , p r io r to any press r e le a s e . Consequently, the l a t t a r ay ba held up fo r loaetim e in to 1970. 5, Other P u b lic R e la tio n s A c tiv it ie s '^ A iv in fo r V a lis u ir v a y ^ ; a s:- to ahy so fa youngsters in the asbestos-m ining ccam unitiss ish to pursue n in in g engineering s tu d ie s , shos that IB -y e a r-o ld youngs ta r s are badly in fo raa d (and ill- g u id e d ) about c a r e tr epportunit ia a it h i n the asbestos mining in d u stry o r - ith in in g companies in g e n e r a l, and t r u ly feel-, . . v. . . 37150 . . / i Q c to*' 10. ^ ; a) t h a t , mhertas a sb a stc s-a in e employment la regarded as a secure occupation , jobs mith other nining operations ara not; b) th a t both Asbestos and That ford Hinas are regarded as being " is o l a t e d " , aaay fr o * the main-stream o f Quabac U f a , o d isavan taga shared by a l l mining o p e ratio n s; c) th a t employment a t a sen io r ( i . e . su p erviso ry or s t a f f ) I bvbI i n any'm ining operation in Ouebac w a n s competing on AngloSaxon taros in a la rg e ly Anglo-Saxon environment. i ^1r:vy | ~' t ! j f In v 1aw o f these fin d in g s , i t sas recommended that a a r ly action ba taken to provide students ith so w form o f c o u n s e llin g as to 4 jo b o p p o rtu n itie s and eorking co n d itio n s m ithin the in d u s tr y , so as to compleaant the apparently in accu rate ca rte r guidance they r e c e lv a in schoo'l or a t home. EVVIRObHCNTAL CONTROL C05MITTEE '" " i ii - - -ir; V ` ^ P rogress as reported by Chairman by s p e c i f i c s u b je c t: - .1 j ..</>; i, 1. S u b - c o w it t e s on Design - This sub-committee n s inaugurated on - J u ly 30th a t a m eltin g in A sbestos, A l l Cdapsnies mere represented. The su b -co o o itte e should achieve e e a n in g fu l and u s e fu l re su lts p r o v id in g the spirit i s holeheartadly ambracsd and th a t i s : "A f r t s and in in h ib ite d exchangs o f' W n o e - h o e , ' : " ' L *` t a s t r e s u lt s , suecssses and f a ilu r a a on a l l aspects o f design and op eration o f equipment to co n tro l d u s t, noise and fumes in our environ m en t". t*?.>\****/rhr *'U-1*' .../u J I! c c 11. 2. Dryer Stack Oust Control - These In v e s tig a tio n s await the com p letio n of the e le c tr o s ta tic P re cip ita to r of Asbestos Corporation. In order to ensure measurements on sta ck emission th a t are d ire c tly comparable from p lan t to p la n t, approval i s requested from the Di re cto rs fo r a Oust and fume Determ ination Assembly a t a co st of 1600.00. U r. Lachance mould be resp o n sib le fo r the use o f th is un it and dryer stack emission e v a lu a tio n s. A motion to t h is e f f e c t was seconded and c a r r ie d . 3 . T a ilin g s P ile S t a b iliz a t io n - The c o n tro lle d growth chamber has. been in s t a lle d a t the Sherbrooke Labo ratory, and the D irecto r has designed a r a i l theughtout program o f t e s t growing o f g r a s s e s , le g c umes and g rain s under varying growth co n d itio n s . A . L e g is la tio n - nothing has been heard from the Deputy (U n istar of Health sin ce our second subm ission in day 1969 concerning the pro posed le g is la t io n on A ir P o llu tio n . Bany of_ our requea ts for cher.g: and a d d itio n s sere implemented in the working document.' " " ; 5 . Iferning Labels on fib r e Sags - At tha Clearw ater R a ttin g i t had bean proposed that member-company Counsels study the matter and ad vise t h a ir p r in c ip a ls on the le g a l im p lic a t io n s . I t mas.pointed o u t,, however, th at J .f t . was p la c in g warning la b e ls on bags shipped ' to Horth American customers o n ly . The company f e e ls th a t otherwise ... i t a ig h t be exposed to law s u it s in the U .S . OCCUPATIONAL AHO CMVIROhaCNTAL HCAlTH COSHITTEC - ' -..w.-..'. : .... ...... --T>> C .J .R . hsa been taking s i r samples in the town o f Asbestos and would li k e to have some taken in T hetford (Unma by i t * own en gin eers. The Inform ation thus gathered would bm e v e n tu a lly made a v a ila b le to a l l coepxnisa. r' 37152 . . ... . . . / i 2 rigg,.,r,ni c c y-.' . ^ 12. Regarding environm ental co n tro l in major c i t i e s , Counsel want to New York to d iscu ss w ith Or. S e lik o T f a t a l w hot^protactiue mea sures were taken in the case o f the in s u la t io n work a t the b o r ic s Trade B u ild in g to prevent dust from e scap in g in to the atmosphere. Sine the in s u la tio n trade i s rather much in the l i n e l i g h t these d a y s, i t i s im portant to sae what can be done to b rin g exposures . down to to le r a b le l e v e l s . . .?i i TREASURER 1 . BY-LAU No. IQ c KHIREAS i t i s deemed d esirab le to aaend 8 y -la a No. 6 dealing w ith the " TRUST ACREERENT CONCERNING A STAFF PENSION PLAN" so that a l l employees o f tha A sso cia tio n may ba e l i g i b l e to jo in the Plan; BE IT RESOLVED THAT tha d e f in it io n of the tarw " Employe" as i t appears in S e c tio n No. 1 o f tha P rovision s o f By-law No. 6 d a a lin g with the " T ru st Agreement concerning s S t a f f Pension Plan* be amended so th a t a fro August 1, 1969, i t w ill raad: " The Employee" s h a ll eean a l l Employer. ployaes employed by the AND THAT the Se cre ta ry o f the A s s o c ia tio n be snd he i s hereby f iu th c r iz e d end d ire cte d to do, sig n nd.'x*cuteistillthings>i|daeds*^:- snd documents necassary or d a s ir s b le fo r the due ca rry in g ou t of the foregoing. CARRIED. 1; ' 37153 .../ 1 3 ' sy* f V s. v 13* 2. TRyST_ACRCEKT_CONCEHNIKC A STAFF_PEWSI0N_PLAW I n v i e s o f the re sig n a tio n of Hr. Caorge W. S a ith as one o f the Trustees under the Agreement dated October 23rd, 1963, IT WAS RESOLVED: THAT Hr. F. Parker Saith be and ha i s hereby appointed a Trustee of the Agreement concerning a S t a f f Pension Plan to replace Hr. Ceorge 3. Sm ith eho has resigned. ... . . .... CARRIED. ,v.. : ! 3 . A s b e sto sls Research Counsil - Renewal o f read ersh ip ' in said C o u n cil a t an annual fee o f JL2S0 as requested by T reasu rer. CARRIED. I t eras suggested th a t copies o f reports relea sed by the Asbestosis Research C ou n cil be forwarded fro the O fTfic e o f Dr. Pelnar to each D irecto r o f the A saociation. i ) HZ'J SUSmCSS \I C e n e je l_B u 3in * s s _C cn d itio n s - The deeund fo r asbestes fib r e is ge n e r a lly f i r s to s tro n g , sc*ewhat ahead o f la s t y e a r. There is an apparant shortage o f fib r e don to group 7 . C erta in coBpanies, however, have not experienced so fa r the u su al upward demand which i s cuetojsary during the F a ll season. ' In the U . S . , t h * co n stru ctio n in d u stry res''doing q u ita V 'se ll" up tov-V i the second quarter of 1969, with r e s id e n tia l housing sta rts at soae i '1 ,7 0 0 ,0 0 0 .. As a r e s u lt o f t ig h t oney, however, housing s ta r ts in ( August dropped to a rata o f 1,360,000 and ay continue to decline i down to 1,200,000 u n its by the end o f th s -y e a r . This trend could ii --. * 3 71 54 r'/lA ` c c y^-r^.r. /,---vwwu*,*'; ;fr . 14. c a rry on in to the f i r s t h a lf o f 1570, to g ra d u a lly a c c e le r a te , how e v e r , in th ir d and fo u rth qu arter to some 1,600,000 to 1,700,000 housing s t a r t s for 1970. In g e n e ra l, th economy seems to be slow in g doan. In other words business i s hot too o p tim is tic as regards the short r a n g e .fo r e c a s t, with a d iffic u lt-to -r o u g h period ahead fo r the b u ild in g in d u stry . I t is estimated that m ultiple fam ily housing units (apartm ent b u ild in g s) a i l l in cre a se by 6055 in the course o f next ' y e a r . This could bring about a drop o f 25JS in demand fo r building . a ta r ie ls . However, h o p e fu lly th is tr*nd should improve in the second h a l f o f 1970. Impact o f mobile homes on the' asbestos industry i s a ls o expected to be con sid erab le - 400,000 homes to be b u ilt in 1969 or 2055 o f t o t a l housing s t a r t s . I n f la t io n I s b e in g ^ fe lt g e n e ra lly as a r e s u lt o f txp en siv s wage settlem ents and s tr ik e s . In the la s t three years co st to carry a si an on p a y r o ll has in c r s s s s d 6055 (210,300.00). I f the presen t trend o f wags in c r e a se s should continue a t a rate o f 6-855 per y e a r , by year 2,000 A .O . an hourly-em ployss mould be asking 5100,000. a year. Thia ia s u r a ly a c^usa Tor concern on the p a rt o f management. Yet - I over the long r2nge, Industry I s confidsnt that the economy w ill ain tain on the average a h e a lth y and g en e ra lly constant growth. DCTE OF KCXT CCTTMC 1 Vi Tha n ext meeting m ill be. held on January the 6 th ,. 1 9 7 0 , at . tho. Wont Royal K o ta l; t h is w ill be the annual m eeting.. I t ia auggastad th a t in ths meantime a recap tio n be extended by the A sso cia tio n to Government' O f f i c i a ls , aan ior c i v i l serv an ts, e t c . on e Sunday evening in marly Dacamber in Qumbec C it y . Date 371SS ./15 c 15. to be decided by P resident and General Stanager, a ft a r checking e ith ths S in is te r of Natural fiasources. A eeeting o f the Directors could l i k e l y be held e ith e r the afternoon p r io r to the reception or th* follow ing day, ADJOURNSCRT There being no fu rth e r b u sin e ss, the meeting eae fo r a a lly adjourned. / Peul-A. rilta a u , Csr.ara1t Raragsr Secretary. iBSaSSSSSSawo 37156 c 3 I n y? 1 ^ j . k V a r\ 6. TECHNICAL CQflff'ITTEr REPORT } ?cr? /i ` (t hinr *^17 c c QUEBEC ASSESTOS WINING ASSOCIATION SPECIAL TALL MEETING - 5CIGNI0RV CLUB - MONTEBELLO, P.Q. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORT The Technical fleeting met at the University of Sherbrooke on the 9th of September. FILTRATION Or P.5BE5T05-CEMCNT-SILICA WIXES The tec hni ca l papers discussed at the previous meeting were c i r c u l a t e d and i t i s the intention of th i s committee to hold a meeting a f t e r these writings havs been reviewed by the members. The writer of these a r t i c l e s works in I t a l y and w il l be interviewed thi s Fa ll to explore his views and .inspect the apparatus he uses. . ..-s- . An a dd iti on al piece of apparatus produced by ^he Bailey Company i s to be invest ig ate d to determine i f i t may be s ui t ab le for t h i s work. EDITORIAL SUS-CQflflITTEE The task of tra n s la ti n g the- summary, of . the^ test^haa ^been^ pl ate d but there s t i l l exi sts minor di ffe ren ce s in opinion as i what i s "good French". I t i s planned to review th is tran slation with Mr. Filt eau with thB view to the s u i t a b i l i t y of the wording f o r the type of c i r c u la t i o n an ticipated for the t r a n s l a t i o n . .'7S sc \ 3 i 7 3 ; : y 2. FIBRE STRENGTH UNIT TEST SUB-COfflMITTEF a review of the revised edit ion of the- procedure took place in the morning prior to the meeting and many changes were suggested to c l a r i f y the procedure. This work was to be completed at an a dd iti on al meeting. As further information, the A. S. T.M.' have requested a l l procedures to be written in Standardized metric System terminology with which the Q.A.ltl.A. and many other western countries are not fa m il i a r t o- d a t e, requiry a.-- English system of measure as a l t e r n a t i v e . At present the task of r evi sin g the drawings for the Fibre Strength Unit to s a t i s f y the standard metric system has been started for submission with the revised procedure. SCREEN CLOTH STANDARDS The W.5. T y l e r Company has n o t i f i e d the Technical Committee that they are at present supplying the clo sest equivalent screen size to the Tyler Series Size from the U.S. Se ri e s . This development may bring about changes in come procedures. This information has been relayed to the Uniform C l a s s i f i c a t i o n and Grading Com mittee as the Quebec Standard Test may be e ff e c t e d by an a l t e r native being supplied for the 35 meat si eve. COLOUR TEST SUB-CQfflWITTEE The revised procedure was accepted with minor c o r r e c ti o n s. It i s worth mentioning that thi s teat has an accuracy requirement which i s d i f f i c u l t to a t t a i n when a spinning f ib re i a . t h e sample, due to the texture of the p e l l e t specimen. - __ \r*v: : >- c 3. uict c l a s s i f i c a t i o n sub- committee This project is awaiting information concerning reliable sieves and the apparatus, before a procedure can be f i n a l i z e d . A .S .T .W . D-30 Three t e s t s are being considered by t h i s group at the next masting on the 27th end 20th of October. These are the Colour Test, the Ro-tap Test and a Moisture Content Procedure. The next meeting of the Technical Committee i s planned to include a tour of the Canadian Pulp & Paper Research I n s t i t u t e ten tatively the 11th of November, at which time our common problems of fibre c l a s s i f i c a t i o n are to be discussed. R. Dodds-Hebron, Chairman. N> c c n r s-\ 'V J i j. i QUEBEC ASBESTOS MINING ASSOCIATION SPECIAL TALL WEiETINC - SEIGNIORY CLUB MONTEBELLO, P.Q. UNIfORm CLASSIFICATION AND GRADING COMMITTEE R E P O R T A meeting of the Committee was held on September 25th. i n t e r e s t to Q.A.M.A. Directors were: Watters of 1. Fibre Length & Diameter The program using the "Zeiss Analyzer" and the "Image Shearing" i s making good progress. A ll of the 3to 6 Croup 1568 Exchange Sam p l e s will have been measured for length by the end of September. The measuring of diameter i s slower, however, i t w i l l be put on a two s h i f t basis and should be completed by l a t e November. A computer retrogression ana lysis w i l l be set up immediately and the measured length data w i l l be compared with the Strength U n i t , Quebec Standard, McNett,.. Rapid-Surface Area, and Rotap t e s t r es u lt s of these same f i b r e s . A d i f f e r e n t i a t i o n wil l be made between Pennington dyke fib re s and others. As soon as the length r es u lt s are available they w i l l be sent to ind ividual Q.A.M.A. Member Companies for t he ir study. A si m il ar program w i l l be followed far the diameter measure ments and for combined length-diameter studies. 2. Deot. of Mines - Uttawa The Chairman of the Technical end the Chairman of the Uniform C l a s s i f i c a t i o n and Grading Committees composed a l e t t e r to Mr. Woodrooffa on August 22nd b r i e f l y as follows: .../: c i `f t i-U.-f (i ,-rh 5 >:;s' T.. 'll $ o 2. (a) The ..need for a review of the asbestos research program, (b) The need tc acce lera te such a program, (c) Suggested needed research areas and possible methods showing most promise. A copy of the "Review of Asbestos Research Programs" which was sent to Ottawa i s attached to t h i s report. Ule have had e reply from Mr. Woodrooffe and Mr. Dodds-Hebron and I , accompanied by Mr. Cossette, w il l arrange a meeting with the Ottawa group early in November. 3. Monthly "Shiooino Tests" Report At present on thi s report both tonnage shipped and the Q.S. test s ( h ig he st , loweot""and average) are reported by fib re Croup for 3, A, 5 & 6 Croup f i b r e s , and by Sub-Grade f o r Group 7. Mr. Messel has suggested that the report show tonnage and Q.S.- t e s t s by Grade for a ll fibres. There i s unanimous agreement that u . S . tests should ba by Grade. For the reporting of tonnage ahipped the present report penalizes those companies which ship a l o t of 7 Group f i b r e s . In other words, why by sub-grades for 7 Group and by Croup only for 3 to 6 Groups? At the meeting of the Uniform C l a s s i f i c a t i o n and Grading Committee on September 25th the opinion seemed to be ^unanimous vthat_.e t , leas the report should be co n sis te nt, that i s , report a l l f i b r e groups s i m i l a r l y - a l l by Group, or a l l by Grade, or b11 by Sub-Grade. With some compromising by the and of thia September 25th meeting agreement was obtained (except for one company) on reporting ton nage by grades. The single company a t i l l not' agreeing to tonnage by grades i s to rsstudy this i d e a . cu tj ' i: !l ; i 3. 4. Metric System 4.1 Bao HJelohts Ind ividual Companie : an./ to study the implications of 45 Kg (99 l b s . ) , 4 i'- '.B8.2 l b s l ) and 25 Kg. (55.1 l b a . ) . There was an expressed f e e li n g that l i g h t e r bags were de s i r a b l e and probably w il l be necessary in the near future, but the costs of bags and equipment changes need serious / consideration. >"->'1` 4.2 O .S . Test The suggested sample weight i s 500 grams. The present one r pound i s 453 grams. The probable changes in t e s t results using the greater weight i s to be studied by Member Com pa nies. /Uchange in t e s t time may be necessary. \ ii . There doesn't seem tc be any problem with screen s p e c i f i ca tio n s for the O.S. machineT' U. SI 'st and ard clo th i s very clo se in s i z e of wire and hole to present clo th . Present Tyler cloth w il l soon disappear in any esse. I t seems, at the moment, that the Q.S . t e s t would be re ported as a percentage on each box. This will c a l l for a revision of O.S. t e s t minima and maxima. This will be undertaken when agreement i s reached on sample weignt and mashes to be used. i G f Ui.H. Foster, Chairman. c c L, 1 r\ \ i i i APPENDIX review or asbestos research programs I1 : BY THE TECHNICAL COflWITTEE AND THE UNIfORffl CLASSIFICATI ON AND CRAPING COMMITTEE OR THE QUEBEC ASBESTOS WINING ASSOCIATION 8 / . a -y ` ?: > a o Research areas which appear, at th is time, would probably be most productive. ( l ) Basic Needs Weans (a) (b) (c) (d) to measure: Length - Diameter (Dimensional Modulus). Openness - Crudiness (Crudiness). Harshness - Softness (Texture). Amount of True fib re (or Converse). (2) Wethods of measuring considered of most promise (a) Dimensional Modulus Zeiss particle size Image Shearing Coulter Counter for analyzer (Q.A.W.A. " shorter fibres Lab. ) " There i s a d i s t i n c t p o s s i b i l i t y that these will require a division of fib re into long and short (using, say, wash test C-4) and use Zeiss and Image Shear on the longer por tion and the Coulter Counter on the shorter. Automation p o s s i b i l i t i e s - ' Co lli ns Tape Dispersion flow-past Electronic Counter Could th i s be National Research Council work? . . /2 (b) Crudinsss S p e c ific Surface (Gas absorption) freeness and (or) f i l t e r a b i l i t y Length/diameter r a t i o (from Zeiss and Image Sheer) (c) Texture Ratio Isotopes Percent combined u/ater ( d i f f e r e n t i a l thermal analysis) Flextural Strength Infra-red absorption Compressibility & Recovery (Test D-4) (d) Percent True fibre Zeta p o t e n t i a l ~'w-tirJS&'x Dielectric dissipation factors August 22, 1969. y" c c V.. .***'> * O 6. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CQWflTTTCE RCPGRT - =5 ^=rr ..V ::.' i.L - L . ^ _ JU V mu ^-jXAiV-v -- ''->. ci V '> `s'. v'-'fiiKw.'. *r\ j oucscc asbestos wining association !It ' SPECIAL FALL KEETINC - SEIGNIORY CLLie - WONTCBCLLO, P.Q. -I-N--D--U--S-T--R--I-A-L----R--E--L-A--T--I-O-N---S---C--O-m--r-r--,I-T-T---E-E---'-R-E--P-O--R--T i A meriting of the Committee was held on September 23rd l a s t . Labour Agreements A l l except National Asbestos have signed co n tra ct s. dates are lis te d as Follouisi The expiry Lake Asbestos Dec, 31 - 69 Asbestos Corporation Dec. 31 - 71 Carey Canadian -Bell Asbestos Dec. 31 - 71 June 30 - 70 ; \ c. j.m. Jan. 31 - 72 National Dec. 31 - 68 Flintkote Dec. 31 - 71 'ru i / - V.'*- National had a meeting for c e r t i f i c a t i o n scheduled for September 15 before the Labor Relations Board but the St e e l Workers and Board f a i l e d to appear. Possibly meeting m il l be rescheduled a f t e r October 15 when the new Labor Court i s i n operation. Lake Asbestos states that negotiations should s t a r t in November at their location. Workmen's Compensation A review of compensation costs and accident frequency for the l a s t 5 years is given hereunder: l- V :->-k--;?>-V;-. c c 'r V :& 8 : o ! / f ! !r'; Year I nd. In i. 1964 196 = 1966 1967 1968 6 mos. '69 238,037 373,82? 330,166 295,856 411,232 68,104 Ind. 0i s . 15* Charae 123,520 76,716 153,475 103,117 362,057 3,259 53,232 67,5S'2 72,396 60,046 115,581 10,704 Total 414,789 518,127 556,038 459,019 888,921 82,068 2. : ; Per. M. Mrs. freo. Sev. 8.7 12.3 15.1 17.6 19.6 24.0 959 1,100 2,553 1,508 1,183 784 This does not include the Mutual assessment charged. I t is believed i n d u s t r i a l disease claims could become la r g e r than accident claims. The mutual assessment' of BQ^ has only been i s su ed t h i s month, This is the highest to date. Our frequency has increased st e a d il y over the years but not the sever i t y . This i s p a r t i a l l y due to the accepting of pre viously unallowed claims for back, hearing, heart, condition, etc. Safety Ule are s t i l l using W. Montgomery on industry s a f e t y . He i s now giving us f u l l time and thi s i s very s a t i s f a c t o r y arrangement. Arbi tration At the l a s t meeting of the Committee, recent cases were reviewed as u/ell as several industry grievances and methods of handling same. Typ ica l and i n t e r e s t i n g a r b it r a t i o n dec ision s were reported. ..-V -;** "... * : Wer- rzj : . . ./3 k<MKH:9 >V K,' (1) C . J . M . l o s t an a r h it r a t i o n case on 1 day l a y o f f for sleeping. Proof was not s a t i s f a c t o r i l y e st a b l is h e d . Unless a man de l i b e r a t e l y leaves his place of work for the express reason to sleep, he i s not asleep. (2) I f a man comes back to work before s t a r t of s h i f t and con tinues on, the court has judged t h i s to be overtime - not c a l l time. Asbestos Corporation received a favorable ver dict. (3) Severity of penalty i s a prerogative of management. Lake re ceived a favorable verdict in respect to a penalty imposed. A j o i n t meeting of C.M.M.A., Q.A.M.A. and O.M.A. As scheduled in Montreal November 21 to discuss mining problems rel ate d to Work men's Compensation Act, Accident Prevention and other union prob lems. Air P o ll u t i o n ___ During discussion by the Committee of Quebec's i n t e n t in this re gard, i t was mentioned that the origi na lf a nd h re v ise d -working docu--.^w,<^i-.--_--- ments had been analyzed by the environmental Control Committee and pe r ti n e n t representations submitted to the Quebec Department of Health. Several suggestions were accepted by the Department. When the o f f i c i a l l e g i s l a t i o n i s formally tabled before the National Assembly, i t i s believed that both the environmental Control Com mittee and the In d u s t r ia l Relations Committee should get together 1 to study the E i l l . B i l l 49 on Manpower tra ining has become law. .A meeting is scheduled through Mr. P.A. Filt eau on October IS with Quebec Labour Depart ment O f f i c i a l s to discuss i t s operation and i m p l i c a t i o n s , . ./! t DUE BEC ASBESTOS WINING ASSOCIATION SPECIAL TALI MEETING - SEIGNIORY CLU3 - fflONTEBELLO. P . Q. TRArriC CGmmiTTEE report 1. There has been no. meeting of the T r a f f i c Committee sinc e the l a s t meeting of the A s so c ia t io n , but meetings w i l l shor tly be held with a view to making arrangements and n egot ia tin g rates for the ocean carriages of asbestos for the year 1970. 2. Ha il rates to the Rio Grande crossing points to flexico from Quebec o r i g i n on f i b r e , have been decreased by approximately 14^ by reason of 60-ton rates being es t a b l i s h e d to- make them competitive with s i m i l a r rates e s t a b l i s h e d from west coast o r i g i n s . 3 Demurrage r at e s on cars containing export t r a f f i c have been increased by S10. a day with no change, in free time, e f f e c t i v e September 1 s t, 1969. At the same time domestic demurrage rates have been increased to S10. per day for the f i r s t four days and S20. for each day t h e r e a f t e r . The Association has protested to the Railway Association of Canada and the Canadian Transport Commission ab ou t i;t h i s , a r b U rai acknowledgment has been r ecei ved ,';,no'Cremeoial7.action has so f ar been taken. .-'C: t;? i c c c c r o 2 4 The Middle A tl an t ic Trucking Conference (Eastern United States) has raised i t s rates across the board, e f f e c t i v e August 25th, 1569, to put them in the same position as the U.S. Railroads, u/hich were recently granted an equivalent increase by the ICC. I . C . Campbell Chairman. o o c >r. n 6. i i i A j o i n t Senate-Commons Committee i s being set up to make the spe c i a l study of the tax reform measures. Shortly a f t e r publication o f the White Paper the committee w i l l open hearings. I t will hear the government's explanation of the proposed new l e g i s l a t i o n , and l a t e r i t w i l l receive representations from intere sted p a r ti e s . The new tax laws w i l l be introduced i n 1970. The Wining Association of Canada has recently published and d i s t r i buted widely a booklet on "Taxes the mining Industry and Economic Growth". I t covers the subject very well. i PUBLIC RELATIONS COmmiTTEE -'i r In the absence of the Chairman, the General Manager summarized the o report prepared by the Director of Information Services as follows: 1. Asbestos Producer - Planned f o r l a t e summer and early f a l l issues are major s t o r i e s on the role of QAmA member-companies as taxpayers ( t h i s to support the campaign o f the mining A s so ci a t io n 'o f Canada to counter changes i n e x i s t i n g f e d e r a l tax l e g i s l a t i o n ) , on the nature and jo b - s e c u r i t y im p l ic a t io n s of the c o l l e c t i v e agreements signed during the summer by four member-companies, and on the i n t e r dependent ro le s of management and hourly-paid personnel in achieving and maintaining p r o f i t a b l e and hence secure mining operations. t ; i The savings to the achieved by combining the July-August and December-January issues have already been r ep ort ed . to the Public Relations Committee. Readershio Survey - The General manager has entered discussions with the Sociology Department pf Laval University with the aim of e n l i s t i n g the a ssi st anc e of a q u a l i f i e d person to develop end conduct a meaningful readsrahip survey in the la te aummer or early T ?.' S~\ II I O i ! i v , ?; / jI ' Ii 7. ; . i f a l l . Aim of the survey w i l l be to e st a bl is h the ac tual extant and p o t e n t ia l l i m i t s to which the opinions of the bulk of readers on economic and s o c i a l matters of concern to the industry are or can be influenced by e d i t o r i a l content. 2. "Tacts about Asbestos" brochure - Pu bl ication of t h i s booklet i3 scheduled for July 31, when separate Trench and English edi-ticns, 3,500 copies of each, w i l l be a v a i l a b l e . Copies w il l be distributed as quickly as possible to federal Members of Parliament from Quebec c o n st it u e n c ie s , a l l WAN's, senior federal and pro vincial c i v i l ser van ts , business and mining edit ors of p rof ess io na l, trade and week ly pu blications and to regional school boards. Copies of the book w i l l a ls o be sent to member-companies who are inv ited to order cop i e s from the Montreal O f f i c e , at 10 cents a copy plus shipping char ges when a pp li ca bl e. 3. QAWA M o b i l e Oisolav - Terre des Hommes - Arrangements have been made to include t h i s display as an e xh ib it in Terre des Hommes. Accompanied by a 100-pound block of cruoe-bearing 'ore from Lake . . .. . Asbestos, plus manufactured product samples from Atlas Asbestos and Canadian Johr.s-Wanville, the di splay i s fea tu re d 'i n the Natural Re- . \ sources Pavilion operated by ,the"Cercle de Jeunes Natu ral istes "in the former Wan the Provider complex on S t .H e le n 's I s la n d . 4. Informal Opinion Sounding - A two-day stay was made in Thetford Wines in late June to conduct a s m a ll -s ca le and informal survey of indu str y employees and r s i d a n t s . Such opinion-samplings every two months or so allow ind ivi d ua l PR Committee members : t o ' compare opin- "'1' ion and att itu de feedbacks they con stantly receive. The procedure also represents a small step towards making the QAMA's communications program a two-way a f f a i r . A request has been received from a member-company' for' an opinion and ' a t t i t u d e i nsi ght as to why comparatively few youngsters in tha asbes- . tos-mining communities are motivated towards pursuing studies that c c ` O 8. could lead to a career as a mining engineer or technician with an asbestos-mining company, findings of a survey on the subject wil l be a v a i l a b l e by the end of September. Consideration should also be given to the d e s i r a b i l i t y of using the Producer to promote the a t t r a c t i o n s of a career as a mining engineer with an asbestos mining company. ' J. i V v y f' r 1 TU jm iky. / Prooosed_"Actualit Supplement" on the Wining Industry - With the help of C.W.W.A. and Q.A.M.A. this pu blication plans to publish a s p e c i a l supplement on the mining industry in color in i t s October i s s u e . This would be a prest ig e type of presentation intended to obviate ce rt a in misconceptions and opinions in the general oublic by underlining the better aspects and advantages c f the industry. A dditional copies would be d i st r ib ut e d to schools in order to arouse the i n t e r e s t of youth i n attempting a career i n the mining ! industry. Co lla bo rat io n to the e d i t o r i a l content has been requested from se v e r a l people, amongst whom the General manager of the Associa t i o n . Also in order to cover the extra costs o'f such a supplement ; the magazine intends to content through a prof ession al advertising firm the various people responsible for p u b li c i ty with the ir respec t i v e company. The matter has been l e f t with the Public Relations Committee and the General Manager .for study and action as deemed a dvi s a bl e \v. ; IN S T IT U T E O f OCCUPATION AL AND E N V IRQNWENTAL HEALTH COM M ITTEE . The Chairman reported that several project ap pl ic a tio n s had recently been studied by the S c i e n t i f i c Committee and that t h e i r recommenda t io n s w i l l be submitted to the Executive Committee, A meeting of .../9 f c c r1 \ .* X'. r /T\ 9. the l a t t e r was proposed and agreed to be held on September 3rd in the UJi. "isor Hotel, Montreal, at 6.00 p.m. Dr. J . C . McDonald has been asked to submit a preliminary report on his epidemiological survey of Quebec asbestos mine workers at the next Spec ial Meeting of the Association,' to be held at the Seigniory Club, October 7 th -l 0 t h , 1969. Towards the Safe Use_of Asbestos f i b r e - The Chairman stated that ^ various changes and corrections had been requested by member-compa nies and further stated that the ob je c ti v e in publishing such a reference book was to inform s c i e n t i f i c and medical c i r c l e s of the work presently being conducted by the I n s t i t u t e and to receive prop er c r e d i t for same. Objections to ce rta in statements appearing in the book were repeated and i t was agreed that the Forward and Intro duction of the book would be revised and submitted to Directors for t h e i r approval at an early date. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL COMMITTEE 1. A sub-committee on design was appointed and.met on July 30th, 1969. The terms of reference of the sub-committee were defined and a Chairman elected. The Q.A.M.A. dust engineer wil l be a member of th is sub-committee. 2. T a i l i n g s S t a b i l i z a t i o n - Mr. Cossette has v i s i t e d International Nickel Company to observe th eir t a i l i n g s s t a b i l i z a t i o n and seeding. The control chamber at the Sherbrooke- Lab.1r' hastbeen -built'.'and a lit t r a t u r e search of a l l pertinent a r t i c le s is being conducted. ' 3. The status of current projects at J . K , was b r i e f l y explain..d by the Chairman. In the dryers the Rotoclone dust c o l le c t o r s are sue- c e a s f u l but not pe r fe c t. There has been a s ub sta nti al improvement -- - with the use of glass fibre bags, since the l a t t e r can stand highe r-- --. / t c c r r\ : ID. J- ! temperatures. I f " i t works in the dryers, where the moisture i s high, i t should no doubt work in the crusher rooms. This experimental work comes under the terms of reference of the sub-committee on Design and i t i s hoped that free exchange of information w i l l take place. 4. L e g is l a t io n - Nothing has been heard from the P r ov in c ia l Depart ment of Health concerning our comments to the second d r a f t of their proposed l e g i s l a t i o n on air p o l l u t i o n . I t i s a n t i c ip a t e d that the Association will be given the opportunity to review a t hi rd draft of said le g islatio n. r r\ 5. Warning Labels on fibre Bags - In answer to a question from a Di r e c t o r , I t was pointed out that no reaction had been expressed by users as to the printing of a cautionary l a b e l on fib re bags by J.M. This l a b e l i s r e s t r ic t e d to shipments to Canada and (J.S.A. NCW BUSIf.'CSS Besicnation of Mr. J . A . Wain as a Director WHEREAS (Hr. J . A . Main i s r e t i r i n g from a l l a c t i v e duties with the riinLkote Company, a member of the Cucboo Asbestos Mining Associa tion; WHEREAS Mr. Main has submitted his r es ig n a t io n as Director of the A sso ci at ion in a l e t t e r to the Pres ident dated July 11th, 1969; I t Was Moved THAT the Board of Directors of Q.A.M.A. accept the resi gna tio n of Mr. Main and convey to the l a t t e r the unanimous appreciation uf the Board for hie genuine con tri bu tio n , wise cou ns el li n g and cordial fti snd ahl p during his many years as a Director of t h i s Association; ,../n / i - I S' o * ^ * o / f THAT his colleagues on the Board extend t he ir beat wishes for many happy end healthy years of leisure to him and his gracious wife. i The motion was seconded and adopted unanimously. for. Wain replied that he was happy to spend his l a s t with the group and that he would miss these perio di c He extended to the Association his best wishes for a future. working day get-togethers. successful Ele ct ion of Mr. M.C. Carpenter to the Board of Directors I t was moved and seconded that (Mr. (M.C. Carpenter be elected c Di rect or of Q.A.M.A. to represent the F l i n t k o t e Company. \ CARRIED. Salary Ad vestments The following salary adjustments were proposed and adopted by the Di rec to rs , e f f e c t i v e August the 1 s t , 1969: (Hr. Maurice Lachance, hiss Simone Toupin, (Miss Denyse Ct, .m.r . p^u c n, Dr. Pernis Pelnar, h r. Paul- A. r i l t c a u annual " " " " i'^ !^ increase " " 11 " ^ ^ '^ ^ SI nnn nn 5600.00 S60C.CO 5600.00 32,000.00 s 2 ; ooo . oo s Revisions to QAMA Pension Plan - By-Law Mo. 9 Th8 proposed improved pension plan for (Messrs.. Pelnar and Filteau os tabled at the meeting of the Association of June the 0th,. 1969, . r . - f - ---and sp e lle d out in the minutes of said meeting was approved by the Board of Di rectors, subject to securing approval of the Quebec ; .-----;---------------- -- /1 2 ~ -rurrr c c 3 r\ x -- t i : i O : i - o l / \ : l >* ` 12. * t Pension Board and o th e r rel evant a u t h o r i t i e s . The same pension be nef its would also be applicable in the case of Mr. J . Gossip. This revised plan to co ns tit ut e By-Law No. 9, provisions and conditions of which are given hereunder; BY-LAW No.9 WHEREAS By-law No.6, being a by-law dealing with the " TRUST AGREEMENT CONCERNING A STATE PENSION PLAN", was enacted by the Association on the 28th day of October 1963; WHEREAS the "Termination of Se rvice" clause of the said By-law No. 6 was amended by enacting By-law No. 7 on the 12ln day of December 1965 end by By-law No. B on the 28th day of March 1968 in-order to conform with the Quebec Supplemental Pension Plans Acff AND WHEREAS i t i s desirable to fu r th er amend the said By-law No. 5 in order to up-date the be nef its accruing to ths employees under the said Pension Plan; NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENAC'EO AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED as By-law No. 9 of the Asso cia tio n, e f f e c t i v e August 1, 1969, as follows: 1) THAT Clause 5 dealing with "Future Service P ol ic y " be amended to provide that the formula be increased from 1-^jC of the Employee'a annual r ate of pay to 2% of the Employee's annual rate of pay; and l 2) THAT Clause No. 6 dealing with "Employee Contributions" be amended to provide that each Employee s h a ll from the e f f e c t i v e date hereof make c o nt r i bu t i o ns equal to 5% o f his annual rate or' pay i n s t e a d of &% of hi s annual rate' of pay; .../ 1 3 > "'N 13. The Dlrectos and O ffi c er s of the Association be and they are hereby authorized to do, sign and execute a l l t h in g s , deeds and documents necessary for the due carrying out of the foregoing. CARRIED. The Treasurer has been asked to look in to the p o s s i b i l i t y of re p at r ia tin g the pension schemes of the fib re inspector and dust control engineer, which are presently included in the group plan of Asbestos Corporation Limited. Co rresoonosnce In reply to a l e t t e r from Air. Maximov of the U . S . S . R . Trade Representation in Montreal, i t was agreed that one pound samples of No. 1 & 2 Crude would be provided by A . C . L . , B e l l Asbestos Mines and C . J . M . These to be sent out through the Quebec Off ic e of the Association. : . \ ADJQURNMEMT ----- , -- In moving the adjournment the meeting extended a vote of thanks . to C . J .M . for the arrangements made in connection with subject meeting. Next meeting to be at the Seigniory Club, October Tth -lC th , 1969. ' Paul-A. Filteau, General Manager and ........ Se cre ta ry. ^ Va* vL.-^'>LrV:r T - > V I V 10. LEGISLATION A,VO TAXATION CQfffflTTEE REPORT a o I / UQ fcwr f 1 c c r QUEBEC ASBE5TQS MINING ASSOCIATION SPECIAL FALL MEETING - SEIGNIORY CLUB - MONTEBELLO, P.Q. LEGISLATION AMD TAXATION COMMITTEE REPORT X n 0 uV4 -->>(I *W*>tT * FI 1. Tax Reform finance Minister E . J . Benson, has indi cated that "good progress" was evident in the preparation of the White Paper on government tax reform and that there i s "no r e s i s ta n ce " in the Cabinet. He exoects that the Paper w i l l be ready to be made pu blic about the end of October. In this connection, at the recent Mines Minis ters Conference in Toronto, (see item 3 of this report) a reso l u t i o n was passed suggesting that the the Minister request the f ede ral Governiment to avoid any further delay in bringing down the White Paper on tax reform. A good portion of the White Pa per, we are t o l d , has been already approved in draf t form. I t would seem from what information t r i c k l e s through that the pur ported tax revisions w i l l be more and more of a compromise. 2. J o i n t Meeting of the O.A.M.A. and Q.M.M.A. Tax Committees The l a s t jo i n t meeting of the Tax Committees of the two Associa t i o n s was held an August 28 l a s t . a) C ie s e l C il Tax - In v i s a o f . the . t c x ...reform announced by.the ... new Minister of finc.ncc f o r Quebec, Mr.:.M. Beaulieu, the joi nt meeting considered that i t would be appropriate to present to the new Minister an up-dated submission on Diesel Oil Tax applicable to off-highway v eh ic le s J o i n t l y with the Pulp and Paper Associa tio n an: other groups using off-highway equipment. .The b r i e f . w i l l l i k e l y be submitted to the Committee rec en tl y appointod to advise the Minister of f in a n c e . . v,, . . . /2 . ;rv*-A?-'CTr'* 'J '(vi c c 2. b) Air and Water Pollut ion - In view of the recently announced policy of the federal Government in t h i s respect and the pres sures a t the Provincial and Municipal l e v e l s , i t mas agreed to request tax incentives for the construction of pol lu ti on control f a c i l i t i e s . To thi s end i t was suggested that a r eso lu tio n be presented on th i s question at the Mines Ministers Conference in Toronto on September 14-17, 1969. See item 3 below. c) Mining Duties Audit - As regards the application of the new Mining Duties Act (1966), the general consensus at the j o i n t meet ing was that c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of treatment f a c i l i t i e s was broad and quite s a t i s f a c t o r y , but that development expenses are not as broad as per sec tio n 83A of the Income Tax Act. A good many expenses are not allowed as deductions and have been the object of recom mendation by Committee No.3 - R o y a lt ie s , Taxation and T a r i f f s , at the recent Mines Ministers Conference. See item 3 hereunder. 3. P r o v i n c ia l Mines Ministers Conference in Toronto W.W. Oughtred, the General Manager of your Association end the undersigned attenoed a well organized and in our o p i n i o n a very s u c c e s s f u l conference of the Prov inc ial Mines Ministers in Toronto, September 14-17 l a s t . The over al l impression gained i s that the d isc us si on s in the s i x d i f f e r e n t committees brought about some very co n st ru ct iv e recommendations. Committee No. 3 - R o y a lt ie s , Taxa tion and T a r i f f s , for one was very a c t i v e . Some of i t s more im portant recommendations can be summarized as f o il o w s : . o / a) f e d e r a l Tax Reform - In a n t i c i p a t i o n of the government White Paper, a t t e n t io n was directed again in a recommendation to the Mines Ministers concerning the Carter Report to the a d vt r s J e f f e c t s on the mining and petroleum ind u s tr ie s which the adoption of the recommendations contained in the report of the Carter Com mission would e n t a i l . . .<. ..?. >/3. . . . . . r.',"?* Man!- b) Air and Water P oll ut io n Control f a c i l i t i e s - Whereas the re c e n t l y outlined fede ral policy in respect of water po ll ution con t r o l , and to be applied in conjunction with the P ro v i n c es ,w u I d require heavy c a p i t a l investments and that industry and munici p a l i t i e s w il l l i k e l y bear most of the burden, i t u/as recommended tha t p o l l u t i o n con tro l f a c i l i t i e s be f u l l y exempt from federal and P r o v i n c ia l sa le s t a x , that a 50$ st rai ght l i n e depreciation be allowed for income tax purposes (federal and P r o v i n c i a l ) , that 100$ depre ciati on be granted under provincial mining duties l e g i s l a t i o n and that the f a c i l i t i e s involved be exempt from real estate taxation. c) Uniformity of Allowances and Disallowances under the Various Alining Acts in -Canada - fiv e s u b s ta n ti a l and r e a l i s t i c recommen dations were submitted for approval of this committee. These concern depreciation, processing allowance, allowable deauctions, p a r t i a l l y allowable and disallowable deductions. The f i v e propo s a l s were submitted tc the a tte nti on of the Mines Ministers for their future action in this regard.' d) Reclamation and Conservation Expenditures - With regards to reclamation and conservation of land used in mining operations i t was recommended that a i l expenditures for said purposed incurred during the operation of a mine be allowed as operating exoense (dedu ctib le under f ed e ra l and Provineial^income.ftax^andjProvin-ji^yjg-.i,^^ c i a l mining tax) and that some sort of reserve fund (as opposed tc the posting of a bond at the s t a r t ) be set up for reclamation expenditures a f t e r ce ssation of mining operations. . . .74 C V . r T -'`7i *! I $ 5 V* jT o 4. With mounting pressures and demand on Governments for better edu cational f a c i l i t i e s , increased social welfare assistance, etc. one must come to the inescapable conclusion t h a t, whatever taxa tion reform the Federal or P rovincial governments may seek to implement the impending resu lt i s a heavier tax bu rd en for'almost every sector of O u r economy. And i ndustry w i l l s ur el y not. be the l e a s t a f f e c t e d , even i f one would fear that such might retard our normal progress. Wichael J . Wessel, Chairman. Lrfi o - *>v.tw--Y ................ I"' c c T ^ r ..r-. t, tftwiWr**y*--: i... ll.^-puetic RELATIONS CQWHITTEC REPORT , --i.. -vT- . 1^ ! ii j ;I ! i ! i i 'i: .'V:-. c QUEBEC ASBESTOS WINIMC ASSOCIATION SPECIAL FALU MEETING - SEIGNIORY CLUB - MONTEBELLO, P.Q. PUBLIC RELATIONS ACTIVITIES During the period from August 1 to the pr ese nt, public rel ations a c t i v i t i e s hove been pursued in the fcllou/ing areas: 1. ASBESTOS PRODUCER E d i t o r i a l emphasis in the Ju ly -A ug u s t, September and October is sues has been placed on these themes: a) Canada and Canadianism. b) The contribution by the Canadian mining i n d u s tr y , and esbestosmining in p a r t i c u l a r , to varying l e v e l s of the Canadian economy c) The serious economic dangers of reducing tax allowances to min ing companies engaged in development work. Introduction of t h i s theme i s in support of the program cu rrently being con ducted by the Mining Association of Canada to f o r e s t a l l pos s i b l e amendments to e x i s t i n g fed eral tax l e g i s l a t i o n . d) Planned for f a l l and early 1970 i ssu es are major s to ri e s on:the interdependent role of management end labor in securing and maintaining p r o f it a b le operations and the mutual benefits of such interoependency; the role of the asbestos-mining com pany in municipal a f f a i r s ! continuing e f f o r t s to propagandize , on behalf both of federalism and of preserving the status quo in fe d e ra l tax l e g i s l a t i o n a p p li ca b le to mining companies. e) As mentioned in previous rep or ts , the December-January issue w i l l be combined and i s scheduled to appear during the f i r s t week of January. 2. QAMA LITERATURE 1! 2. a) fa c t a about Asbestos brochure! Each company has now 3 basic suoply of 100 French and 100 English cooies of the booklet. Copies have been mailed, with an accompanying l e t t e r signed by the General Manager, to fed eral Members of Parliament and Ca binet Ministers from Quebec co n s t it ue nc ie s , a l l Members of the National Assembly, seni or federal and pro vincial c i v i l servants, notably in the mining and educational f i e l d s , to a l l segments of the d a i l y , f i n a n c i a l , trade and professional press,, to r e gio na l school boards and to senior o f f i c e r s of other in d u str ia l associations. Response to the mailing i s g r a t i f y i n g , with over 100 l e t t e r s of acknowledgment i e c e i v e d , as well as more meaningful r esu lt s in the shape of requests from news media for b r i e f in g s and addi t io n a l written me ter ialabout.the industry, e d i t o r i a l s in two mining community newspapers, and, from schools, requests for more copies than are currently a v a i l a b l e . One conclusion to be 'drawn from t h i s response i s that there is a continuing and strong demand from many le v el s of tha Quebec pu bl ic for factual information about the industry and i t s con t r i b u t i o n to the Province. b) In l i g h t of the foregoing, i t i s accordingly submitted that an e f f e c t i v e and reasonably economical means of c a p i t a l i z i n g cn " th is 'demand 'wouldr be*to p r e s e n t t t 'he^Association,1s yearly v-stat ment on the statua and prospects o f the industry as a printed b i l i n g u a l 'document, accorded the same broad d i s t r i b u t i o n as above but excluding schools and including the financial-economic community. Several major a ss oc ia tio n s in the resource indus t r i e s f i e l d follow t h i s p r a c t i c e , which can be viewed as thein d u s tr y 's annual report. vr>ViV c c O 04-.*. :: **. t / 3. For d i st r ib u t i o n to news media, a press release presenting the h i g h l i g h t s of the A sso cia tio n ' s report u/ould be c i r c u l a t e d to gether with the report. Estimated requirements, allowing a small surplus for additional d i s t r i b u t i o n by member-compeni&s, i s 650 copies. Total quoted production cost i s S625.00 (plus or minus S%) i n c l u d i n g taxes. Save for the cost estimate, which was net a v a i la b le at the time, the proposal was presented to the Public Relations Committee September 12 and approved for submission to the D i r ec t o r s , c) Stock of l i t a r a t u r e on hand in the Montreal o f f i c e i s as follows: This i s Asbestos Facte about Asbestos 643 - Engl ish , 2,353 - English, 1193 - French 2009 - French 3. OAWA MOBILE DISPLAY The display has now been moved by the City of Montreal from i t s l o c a t i o n at Terre des Hommes to i t s fabricators- for refurbishment. Arrangements are now concluded with the West Island Regional School Board, in Montreal f o r the display to be a v a i l a b l e , as a teaching aid in economic geography, in l a t e October. 4. PRE55 MENiTI CMS a) In August, a news story was prepared, approved and distributed to a l l major news meola in Canada, incl uding a l l mining commu- n i t i e s , to support the campaign now being conducted by the Min- . ing Association of Canada to o f f s e t any amendments to existing fe d e ra l tax l e g i s l a t i o n that could prove p r e j u d i c i a l to the induatry. The story enjoyed good coverage in the f i n a n c i a l pages and was incorporated into various "round-up" a r t i c l e s by finan c i a l editors on current mining developments or the l i k e l y eff ect s of tax incentive reduction upon mine development. A f ( ,<"V i ? /s When and i f simi la r story opportunities present themselves, i t i s suggested they be handled in the same uiay. Copies c f the press release and of the press c l i p p i n g s i t generated have been di str ib ut e d to members of the Public Relations Committee. b) Quebec weekly and weekend pu bl ic a tio n s continue to devote sporad i c coverage to s itu at io ns involving r e l a t io n s h ip s between munici p a l i t i e s and mining companies, both in Asbestos and Thetford Mines. In the l i g h t of t h i s s i t u a t i o n , i t i s suggested th at, as recommended e a r l i e r , an a u t h o r i t a t i v e a r t i c l e , or a s e r i e s , be developed in the Producer to demonslrate the varied contribu t io n s that the mining companies, at both corporate and employee l e v e l s , make to municipal l i f e end w e ll -b ei n g. The point should c o n t in ua ll y be made that the q u a l it y o f l i f e enjoyed by the c i t i zens of the mining towns i s , for t h e i r s i r e and l o c a t i o n , excapt i o n a l l y high and that thi s i s a t t r i b u t a b l e s o l e l y to the econo mic input from'The mining companies as well as the t a l e n t s and energy t h e ir emoloyees make a v a i l a b l e . c) Asbestos fib re continues to receive unfavorable press through a steady t r i c k l e of mentions in a l l s e c ti o n s of the nat ional press (frequently credited to an overseas source) as a he a lt h hazard. Copies of these clippings are circulated to the Public Relations Committee and to Dr. Pelnar. This su b je ct i s pursued in Section 6 below. 5. INDUSTRY ERISP TQ CNDR0N COMMISSION At i t s September 12 meeting, the Pu blic Relations Committee au thorized the General Manager to submit the f i n a l d r a f t . o f the i n d u s t r y ' s br ie f to QAmA Directors before presenting i t to the. Cendron Commission. The Director of Information Services was in turn authorized to prepare a press release on the industry's .../5 1 c 5. presentation for d i s t r ib u t i o n within Quebec including the Pro ducer at the time the bri ef i s submitted. Contsnts of the re le ase are subject to PR Committee approval. 6. HEALTH SITUATION In l i g h t of the forthcoming preliminary report by Dr. McDonald on r es u lt s of the Epidemiological Survey of the populations of Asbestos and Thetford Mines, concern was expressed by the Public Re lations Committee at the continuing bad press which asbestos f i b r e continues to receive in th is country and abroad as a cause of resoiratory disease. Committee-members stressed the need both for a po si tiv e and comprehensive statement, publicized as e xt en si ve ly as po s s i b l e, by the industry on the subject and for promptly advising the union and l o c a l populations of any publish able findings'^ To thi s end, i t i s recommended that an ad hoc committee be formed without delay, under the auspices of the Public Relations Com mittee to develop and coordinate a program for the release of t h i s statement and to submit an estimate of the costs that are l i k e l y to be ent ail ed . 7. OTHER PUBLIC RELATIONS ACTIVITIES An informal survey, prepared at the i n s t i g a t i o n of a membercompany, as to why so few youngsters in the asbestos-mining com munities wish to pursue mining engineering studies has been com pleted and i s a va il a bl e to a l l member-companies. I t shows that 17- and 16-year-old youngsters are oadly informed (and i l l - g u i d e d ) about career opportunities within the asbestos mining industry or with mining companies in general and that .../6 C ` 0 *r\ 6. many of them think about a career in woolly tarms of "working with people" and "ge tting away from Thetford n ines". Three points ar is e from the interviews with the youngsters ( f i v e in Asbestos, 20 in Thetford Mines): c) That whereas asbestos-mine employment i s regarded as a secure occupation, jobs with other mining operations are not. / b) Thet both Asbestos and Thetford Mines are regarded as being " i s o l a t e d " , away from the main-stream of Quebec l i f e , a dis advantage , respondents claim, shared by a l l mining opera4W.^W* *I*Iw_ V Y c) Ti nhaat nyemmplionyinmgenot paetraatiosneniinor Q(uei .beec. msuepanesrvcisoomrpyetoinrg s ot anf fA)nglleov- el Saxon terms with Anglo-Saxons in a la r g e ly Anglo-Saxcn envi ronment. Whether the industry - or the Thetford segment of i t - views high-school students as eventual employees or not, i t i s accor di ng ly recommended that: a) e er ly action be taken to provide students with some form of cou nse lli ng as to job opportunities and working conditions within the industry, so as to complement the apparently non existent or grossly inaccurate career guidance they receive in school or at home. b) Independently .of the above . proposal.,. consideration be given to developing a more thorough i n v e s t i g a t io n and analysis (possibly by profesoionols) of the a tti tu d es of yound people $ towards the industry so es to develop, i f necessary, an e f f e c t i v e and continuing means of keeping them informed of i t s nature, st atu s and con tribution. '^ 1 / i i c) That, in the meantime, renewed emphasis be placed in the Pro ducer on the numbe" of Trench-speaking Canadians who have risen to responsible posts and re pursuing s e l f - f u l f i l l i n g and re warding careers. This theme could be, c l o s e l y linked to that of in de n t i fy in g the aims of both management and labo r. S . PUBLIC CONTACT During the period under review, requests for information and/ or l i t e r a t u r e about asbestos were received by the Montreal o f f i c e as follows: Phoned requests Written requests Personal v is it s - 44 (mainly for product or job information; - 30 (mainly for li t e r a t u re and from schools) - 6 (including a man seek ing a sample of moon rock) John Gossio, Director of Information Services. I.C . Campbell, Chairman - Public Relations C i 11  \ n C V ... sr;-'. iste: S'Wr.itevCr- ! ! I 1 2 . Ef-JV/IRON'ITCNTAL CONTROL COr'telTTEE R C P Q P T I :/ ! c c ' QUEBEC ASBESTOS WINING ASSOCIATION SPECIAL FALL MEETING - SEIGNIORY CLUB - MONTEBELLO, P.O, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL COMMITTEE REPORT Three meetings of your committee have bean held since the l a s t s p e ci a l meeting. Progress has been made; we report by s p e c i f i c subjects 1. Sub-committee on Design This sub-committee was inaugurated on July 30th at a meeting in Asbestos. A ll companies were represented by members who are s p e c i f i c a l l y occupied in the design, engineering evaluation and implementation of environmental control measures. The Chairman of your committee defined the terms of ref erence, the function and the s p i r i t of the sub committee. The sub-committee w il l achieve meaning f u l and u s e fu l results providing the s p i r i t i s whole heartedly embraced and that i s : "A free and in in h ib it e d exchange of know-how, t e st r e s u l t s , successes and f a i l u r e s on a l l aspects of design and operation of equipment to control dust, noise and fumes in our environment.11 The sub-committse then toured Mill 5 and were given an up-to-date report on a l l current proje ct s at the J e f f r e y Wine. t c c ( * o The sub-committee held their f i r s t meeting in Thetford Mines on September 4, 1969. 2. Dryer Stack Dust Control These i n v e s t i g a t i o n s await the completion of the electrostatic Precipitator of Asbestos Corporation a f t e r which the sub-committee w i l l review a l l t e s t r e s u l t s and prepare a comparative report. In order to ensure measurements on stack emission that are d i r e c t l y comparable from pla nt to p l a n t, your committee recommends that the Dust Engineer be provided with a Dust and fume Determination Assembly at a cost of S600.00. Mr. Lachance would then be s o l e l y responsible for a l l evaluations of dryer stack emission. 3. Tailings Pile Stabilization The co n t ro ll e d growth chamber has been i n s t a l l e d at the Sherbrooke Laboratory. The Director has v i s i t e d .-r--.- INCQ at Copper C l i f f and the J-M Research Centre, as well as completing a comprehensive -survey on a l l l i t e r a t u r e on the s t a t e of the a r t . The Director has designed a well thoughtout program of t e s t growing of g r a s s e s , legumes and grains under varying growth co n d it i o n s. The i n t e n t i s to i s o l a t e , as rap idly as possible, candidates for test seedings in the f ie l d on both horizontal and stacked t a i l i n g s p i l e s . 4. L a a is la t ion The Deputy Minister of Health has received our two submissions concerning the proposed l e g i s l a t i o n on Air P o l l u t i o n . Many of our requests for changes and a dd iti on s were implemented in the working document. .../3 r'~ i -vviSSft-T' - "r / t v i l o c 3. We had expected the apportuni ty to revi ew the third dra f t , however, we st i l l have heard nothing si nee our submission in May, I f l e g i s l a t i o n i s to be brought before the next sessio n of the National Assembly, we would l i k e a third 0?P c r t u n i t y to recommend change before i t gets into pri n t. J.R .M . Hutcheson, Chairman. t ? ' I o i -d / V o 13. nr.l SCCLL fif-JETGUS ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIE:; "fr. rv ,, o V'.' .1 V QUEBEC ASBESTOS MINING ASSOCIATION SPECIAL FALL MEETING - SEIGNIORY CLUe - MONTEBELLO, P.Q. M ISCELLANEOUS ASSOCIATION A C T IV IT IE S EnTE r RE VI EL1 1. Employer Representatives cn Government Commissions - As directed at the l a s t meeting of the Association (July 31/69), the undersigned contacted the Pulp end Paper A sso cia tio n , C . M .A ., Q. 1*1. PI. A, ana the Conseil du Patronat regarding stronger and highly competent employ er recommended appointees to the Workmen's Compensation Board, Adv is o t r y Labour Councils, Labour Courts, e t c . , A ll mere f ul ly in agreement with the suggestion and have agreed to discuss the matter a t a future j o i n t meeting of our a s s o c i a t i o n s . 2. P ro v i n c ia l Government Eills_jr_49_, _50_and_51 - B i l l s 49 and 50 became lauj' on June 13, 1969, but B i l l # 51 was withheld, be cause representations and objections on the part of employers' as s o c i a t i o n s . In connection with these b i l l s , several discussions and meeting with o f f i c i a l s of the Pro vi nc ial Labour Department, of the C .M . A . , the Q.M.M.A.- and the Conseil du- Patronat took place when the b i l l s were tabled in the House. The Government, however, managed to steam r o l l B i l l s # 49 and 50 through the National Assem bly before our objections could be heard, pretending that employers had been consulted through the Advisory Council on Labour and Man power. B i l l f 49 i s very complex i n i t s a p p l i c a t i o n , c a l l i n g for^the s e t - _ ting of provincial standards of professional qu alifications, trainin programs, employer-employee con sul tation and regional professional t r a i n i n g commissions. Consultation with employers has been s o l l i ci te d by the Department of Labour and a meeting has been arranged for October 15 to discuss the im pl ica tio n s and submit recommenda tions. c c V 6 1 O i / 2. B i l l # 50, Labour Courts, is being implemented gradually. The Pres ident ( j . P . Geoffroi) and his a s s is t a n t (D. Quimper) as well as sev e ra l i n v e st i g a t io n commissioners, seven out of nine coming from uni ons, have been appointed e f f e c t i v e September 1. 'Me should seek to have employer representatives as commissioners before comolete enactment c f new l e g i s l a t i o n scheduled. for October 15. B i l l # 51 was withdrawn, when i t was pointed out that i t was r i d i culous to ask any and a l l employers to apply for a permit from the "Construction License Bureau" for construction or maintenance work. This was in contradic tion with the ir a tti tu d e on "contracting cut" p r a c t i c e s . A revised proposal w il l be submitted at the next session. 3. Sheet Metal, Island of Montreal and a 100-mile radius of it s l i m i t s . (Notice). - In the Quebec O f f i c i a l Gazette of August 30, 1969, notice was given that the Montreal Construction Association and the Sheet Metal Workers I n t e rn a ti on al Asso cia tio n, Local 116, had p e tit io n e d the-Minister of Labour to make binding the c o l le c t iv e labour agreement entered between the two asso ciat ions for em ployers and employees of the industry and trades concerned located within a ICO-nile radius of the Island of Montreal. " The decree,... i t was s a i d , applies to a l l establishments engaged in the manufac ture or f a b ri c a ti o n or reconditioning of sheet- metal products.......... " In view of the possible in t e r p r e ta t io n that such a decree could a f f e c t maintenance employees of asbestos mining companies, strong ob j e c t i o n s were made to the Department of Labeur, painting out that th i s would be an ind es ira ble intrusion which could prove detrimen t a l to the present harmonious labour re l a t io n s climate within the i nd u st r y . I t would sooner o r . l a t e r bring about disruption and d i f f i c u l t i e s as a r e su lt of multiple labo ur' (trades) agreements" .entered in with companies where teamwork is e s s e n t i a l , a condition which has been achieved through the neg ot iat ing for a l l employees of a s i n g le labour agreement. Therefore the O.A.M.A. contests and questions the Bbove in t e r p r e t a t io n and wishes to r e g i s te r i t s vig orous opposition to any j u r i d i c a l extension of subject labour agree ment that would encompass the employees of asbestos mining companies operating in the Eastern townships.of .Quebec . ------------------------------------- - -- ------ .-- ------v-u-.---:-. -. -.------; j:-v-J-i-u-!-."---'.:/-3Li--ai i'svK s .S<u'.'.nor.U/-` `v' ^ 1 c c " . . .. ... 2. . -. ' 4. B r i e f to_the_Cendron Commission on the French lanauaoe i n Ouebec This b r i e f has been prepared by a sub-ccnmittee of the P.R.Committee of your Association for approval by the Directors at the Special Meeting of October 7-10, at the Seigniory Club. I f i t i s accepted, the submission w il l then be forwarded t.c the Commission with a copy of the r eso lu tio n approving the b r i e f . No doubt the Association w i l l be i n v i te d to a public hearing of the Commission and at such tine i t i s planned to properly p u bl ic iz e the submission. The Eng l i s h version of the bri ef i s appended for your perusal under section , 14 of t h i s brochure. 5. Pro v in ci a l Mines Ministers Conference - This y ea r 's annual meeting accomclished a great deal. In addition to the la rg e number of per t in en t recommendations submitted by Committee No. 2 - Royalties, Taxation and T a r i f f s , as wail ao by the other committees, one recom mendation of importance to the Mining Industry came from the Educa tion Committee. This recommendation suggested to the Provincial Mines Ministers to request their respective Education Ministers that earth sciences be taught in secondary schools across Canada. With s i m i l a r recommendations made by l o c a l C. I.M . branches to their res pective Education a u t h o r i t i e s , the hoped for eventual result should be a greater i n t e r e s t on the part of high school students in mineral sciences and ul timately a greater number of mining and geology stu dents in U n i v e r s it i e s , a s i t u a t i o n which would g r e a tl y obviate the present d i f f i c u l t i e s of re cr u iti n g personnel for the Mining Industry. 6 . J o i n t M e e t i n g of the P r o v i n c i a l M i n i n g A s s o c i a t i o n s - ;- T h e . greater . part of the recent jo i n t meeting of said a s s oc ia t io n s held in Toronto on the occasi on of the Mines M i n i s t e r s Conference w a s devoted to e di sc us si on of present and future P.R. e f f o r t s on behalf of the mining i n d u s t r y , e i t h e r to improve i t s image or to f o r e s t a l l any a d v e r s e e f f e c t s on the industry r esu lt ing from a Federal tax reform. The l a t te r endeavor c a l l s for the preparation and d i s t r i b u t i o n of lit er at u re on mining taxation,8dvertising in Canadian d a i l i e s and business papers, speaking engagements by well known mining a u t h o r i t i e s , v i s i t s to j | P ro v in c ia l c a o i t a l s , e t c . Let us hope that t h i s broad concerted j program uiill contribute not only to a bet ter knowledge of the min- ing industry at largo, but also and e s p e c i a l l y to a be tte r under- | standing of i t s importance and ess ential- function i n the overall economy of the country. 7. Annual fleeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the Province_of Quebec - At i t s las t annual meeting in Baie-Comeau, the Chamber ` : approved several resolutions with respect to n a t u r a l resources of - the Province, three of which had to do with the government l e g i s l a t i n g and enforcing the a pp li ca tio n of l e g i s l a t i o n concerning air and water p o l lu t i o n . The undersigned informed the meeting of the present status of proposed l e g i s l a t i o n on a i r p o l l u t i o n , stat ing . that a revised draft of the formal l e g i s l a t i o n i s expected any time. In a d d i t i o n , there was a very important p o li cy recommendation con cerning the mining industry which was approved. I t can be summa rized as follows; . - Si nce mineral resources con tri bu t e s u b s t a n t i a l l y t o the economy and employment in this province, the government' must promote the ir ex p lo ra tio n and development under such con ditio ns as w i l l allow tc compete on world markets. To th is end Government p o l i c i e s should take into account the non-renewable aspect of mineral resources, the i n s t a b i l i t y of prices for same, the i n t e r n a t i o n a l aspect of markets and the great risks involved in mining exp lo ra ti on and operations. - :;v ... \ - Such a recommendation from-the Chamber?uiil^'nb^dobt'be.ita_ken>i serious consideration by the Minister of N a t u r a l . Resources and should . - be r e f l e c t e d in future amendments to-present mining l e g i s l a t i o n . Paul_A. Filteau, Coneral Manager. c V ; aSrts'-