http://www.princanada.com/to-manage-its-reputation-canada-needs-to-stop-toxic-souvenirs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=to-manage-its-reputation-canada-needs-to-stop-toxic-souvenirs Fri, 18 May 2012 05:02:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.princanada.com/to-manage-its-reputation-canada-needs-to-stop-toxic-souvenirs/#comment-104 Christie Adams Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:29:36 +0000 http://www.princanada.com/?p=213#comment-104 Hi Sarah, n nThanks for your reply. This is a case where it won't take a PR campaign to fix the problem-but it could take a communications campaign to address the root of the problem. n nLobbying-government relations as opposed to just public relations-is key to get our leaders to strengthen our laws or put in checks and balances where they can. Perhaps there's a toy watchdog group out there in need of the right agency to get their message out? Hi Sarah, n nThanks for your reply. This is a case where it won't take a PR campaign to fix the problem-but it could take a communications campaign to address the root of the problem. n nLobbying-government relations as opposed to just public relations-is key to get our leaders to strengthen our laws or put in checks and balances where they can. Perhaps there's a toy watchdog group out there in need of the right agency to get their message out?

]]> http://www.princanada.com/to-manage-its-reputation-canada-needs-to-stop-toxic-souvenirs/#comment-105 Sarah Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:26:33 +0000 http://www.princanada.com/?p=213#comment-105 Our family was affected by a toy recall and the lack of information on the recall and the level of frustration I experienced when trying to obtain information on the recall prompted me to begin a toy recall site. Health Canada does not actually "order" toy recalls, Health Canada can only 'issue' a recall notice because many of these tainted toys are from U.S. manufacturers or distributors and are protected from different laws. n nIn Canada, if a product has been identified as hazardous (lead, barium, etc.) and a recall notice has been issued it is often left to the retailer to manage the recall and to remove the affected product from the shelves. That is to say, even if the retailer was notified of the recall! n nI agree with you that it looks terrible on a global stage that souvenirs of Canada were tainted with lead. But our laws are doing little to protect our children from the severe health consequences of these products both from an import and an export perspective. Our family was affected by a toy recall and the lack of information on the recall and the level of frustration I experienced when trying to obtain information on the recall prompted me to begin a toy recall site. Health Canada does not actually "order" toy recalls, Health Canada can only 'issue' a recall notice because many of these tainted toys are from U.S. manufacturers or distributors and are protected from different laws. n nIn Canada, if a product has been identified as hazardous (lead, barium, etc.) and a recall notice has been issued it is often left to the retailer to manage the recall and to remove the affected product from the shelves. That is to say, even if the retailer was notified of the recall! n nI agree with you that it looks terrible on a global stage that souvenirs of Canada were tainted with lead. But our laws are doing little to protect our children from the severe health consequences of these products both from an import and an export perspective.

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