International

The ‘United States of Europe’ turned out to be a popular theme amongst entrants to the alternative EU logo competition held last month by the SP. The winner, J. Sanders from Borger, made good use of it in his logo on which the European circle of stars is adorned with a quacking duck.

Last friday Canada took the lead in blocking a move to have asbestos added to the list of dangerous substances for which importers must be given explicit warning under the Rotterdam Convention. SP Euro-MP Kartika Liotard said that it was “unbelievable that in the year 2006 a developed country like Canada continues to close its eyes to the 90,000 deaths provoked every year by asbestos. By doing so it burdens itself with a very heavy responsibility, purely and simply for financial gain.”