Categories: Social Issues
Thank you to everyone who lent their support by offering words of encouragement and also who signed the online petition for the Spiteri family. I am happy to say that today Antonia Spiteri won the right to keep her son’s therapy pony on her land. A quote from her Facebook …
Categories: Social Issues
In small town Caledon, Ontario there is a little boy named Sam. He is 3 years old and shortly after birth was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. He cannot walk, or crawl and lives with his single-mother, and siblings on their grandparents rural-residential home. As part …
Categories: Caution, Social Issues, Toy Safety Warnings
When I first had the idea of hosting a blog, I knew that by putting myself “out there” I left myself open to criticism. The topic of consumer safety and particularly, toy recalls was my champion topic since I am deeply affected by the topic. However, what I did not …
Categories: Social Issues
Since our family has been affected by toy recalls, I must admit that I have only focused on ensuring that no hazardous toys find their way into our home. Also in my plight to ensure awareness for consumers I have given very little consideration to the people who actually work …
Categories: Social Issues
Our community has been enraged by an incident that happened on a city bus on Sunday, October 5th. According to an article in the Ottawa Citizen, a bus driver tried to restrict two women with their strollers from boarding the bus . The driver advised the women that …
Categories: Social Issues
The Plastic Battle – Best Green One-minute film
Winner of Friends of the Earth’s Best One-minute green film award.
Director Ulla Jacobsen (Denmark) on her entry:
“Over-packaging of children’s toys takes on absurb dimensions…”
