Canada's Federal Workplaces Declared 100% Smoke-Free
Smoke-Free Canada
On May 17, 2006, Senator Mac Harb tabled a Motion to Urge the Federal Government to Promote Smoke-Free Workplaces and Public Areas because federal government employees across Canada continue to be exposed to second-hand smoke at work. The Senate unanimously passed the Smoke-Free Canada motion on June 7, 2006 and it was this motion that passed to the House of Commons for debate. Read
Senator Mac Harb's Fact Sheet about a Smoke-Free Canada.
A ban on smoking in federally-regulated workplaces came into effect on November 14, 2007.
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, confirmed in a press release that the Non-smokers Health Regulations were amended to ban smoking rooms in all federally-regulated workplaces, including banking, inter-provincial and international transportation, broadcasting, federal Crown Corporations, the federal public service, the House of Commons, the Senate and the Library of Parliament.
This is a lasting tribute to Heather Crowe, who passionately advocated for 100% smoke-free workplaces while dying from lung cancer as a result of her own exposure to second-hand smoke in her workplace.
Senator Mac Harb's Fact Sheet about a Smoke-Free Canada.
A ban on smoking in federally-regulated workplaces came into effect on November 14, 2007.
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, confirmed in a press release that the Non-smokers Health Regulations were amended to ban smoking rooms in all federally-regulated workplaces, including banking, inter-provincial and international transportation, broadcasting, federal Crown Corporations, the federal public service, the House of Commons, the Senate and the Library of Parliament.
This is a lasting tribute to Heather Crowe, who passionately advocated for 100% smoke-free workplaces while dying from lung cancer as a result of her own exposure to second-hand smoke in her workplace.
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