Friday, February 5, 2010

Get well, Jack

Regardless of political stripe, elected officials deserve our support when cancer strikes. So, today we'd like to send our very best wishes to Jack Layton as he battles prostate cancer. We know he's the kind of person who can beat it.

Cancer will hit one in three of us, and has already hit staff at Environmental Defence, including myself. This is one of the reasons we work so hard to address the environmental causes of cancer, including toxic contamination.

Jack as well as elected officials in other parties have been supportive of this work in the past, having their blood tested for contaminants, and we look forward to working with him and others further when he makes a full and healthy recovery.

Matt Price
Policy Director
Environmental Defence