Asbestos
Saskatchewan is the first province in Canada to set up an on-line registry for reporting asbestos in public buildings; however there are no legal requirements for schools, health care facilities, and other public places to submit a list of their buildings to that registry. Several organizations are advocating for a change to The Public Health Amendment Act to make reporting asbestos mandatory through an electronic registry accessible to the public.
Get involved by signing our online petition.
Read more about this issue and our advocacy efforts. Help us by contacting your MLA and telling them about your concerns.
Indoor tanning
In Saskatchewan in 2009, there were 165 cases of melanoma, the most serious kind of skin cancer, and 2,961cases of non-melanoma skin cancers. There were 25 deaths in Saskatchewan due to melanoma in 2009.
Get involved by signing our online petition or writing your own letter to your local MLA or the Minister of Health in support of a ban on indoor tanning for youth under the age of 18. Vote for health by taking action at a local and provincial level; find out what you can do by visiting voteforhealthSK.ca.