Asbestos Exposure at Quebec Justice Department Building

0:00It's April 1st, this is Canada News Today, local news powered by AI. A federal lawyers union just dropped word that on March 24th, Quebec's workplace safety board linked asbestos exposure to a serious illness. In a Justice Department employee at the Guy Favreau Complex, this 12-story spot on Renee Levis Boulevard handles passports in service Canada Ops, built back in 1983 with known asbestos. That's supposedly under tight control. Workers got told the stuff was locked in the basement only, but fresh info points to it, popping up on multiple floors where folks clock in daily. Sparking real alarm over long-term risks, like lung cancer or mesothelioma. The union's demanding urgent docs from the boss and looping in outside experts, stressing no safe exposure level exists and pushing a fool. Procautionary Lockdown Public services and procurement insists its minimal, non-friable material with annual checks. The last in January, 2026, plus clean air, tests on March 16th, 2026.

1:05An investigation is now rolling under the Canada Labor Code, so eyes stay glued as this unfolds.