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House Hansard - 118

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 26, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 118 - Oct/26/22
Ms. Marie-Hélène Gaudreau (Laurentides—Labelle, BQ)
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Mr. Speaker, today I want to talk about the miners in Saint‑Rémi‑d'Amherst and their families. Bruno Carrière's documentary film 1948, L'affaire silicose — L'histoire d'une injustice shines a light on the tragedy of the first industrial disease in Quebec in the 1930s and 1940s. It is thanks to the tireless investigative work of Franco-American journalist Burton LeDoux that we know the extent of the ravages caused by silicosis. This disease caused the death of several dozen miners from Saint‑Rémi‑d'Amherst, a township that was nicknamed “the village of widows”. This powerful and touching documentary chronicles the years when Quebec workers were victims of hazardous working conditions. To get a better idea of the hardship these families endured, I invite everyone to watch 1948, L'affaire silicose — L'histoire d'une injustice, one of the first big scandals in Quebec's social history.
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