Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 12 Winnipeg free november 1981 court fails to find foam test Case Montreal up Superior court chief Justice Jules Deschenes and numerous searched for a test Case yesterday for All the urea formaldehyde foam insulation suits pending in but find More than 580 insulation lawsuits have already been initiated in Montre Al alone by disgruntled but the wide variety of foam manufacturers and insurers made it impossible to find a Model Case upon which to Model other Settle one lawyer at the meeting said the foam insulation has already Cost society enough and the courts be paralysed As Well by the another lawyer compared the Issue to Asbestos related suits in the where it was estimated it would take 80 years to try All the cases Quebec plans to help foam victims with free tests and temporary Long Cosgrove Hopes foam victims get More bad news three lenders will stay away from Homes with suspect insulation Ottawa up the estimated families with urea formaldehyde foam insulation in their Homes got More bad news As they continued waiting to see if the Federal government will ultimately come to their at least three financial institutions in the mortgage Field said they wont accept any new business involving Homes insulated with the there was no evidence to support earlier news stories suggesting that mortgage lenders or insurers in general were adopting a Handoff poli few Homes sold and one Well placed source said the whole question May be academic since few Homes with the insulation Are being urea formaldehyde foam insulation was banned by Ottawa last december As a health Hazard after experts said the foam could break Down and release formaldehyde nation formaldehyde has been linked to genetic mutations and cancer in tory tests and is known to irritate the eyes and respiratory the mortgage insurance of can Ada has decided not to take on any new mortgage insurance business for Homes with the it will continue to insure mortgages being a company official confirmed yester but Canada mortgage and housing and Dinsmor mortgage insurance plan to continue insuring both types of among actual mortgage the Toronto Dominion Bank and Canada Trust Are on record against lending funds to persons buying Homes with the foam perhaps half the Homes with the insulation had it installed with the help of Federal and Ottawa has yet to decide whether it should compensate those who have suffered from the in the commons housing minister Paul Cosgrove said he Hopes some kind of announcement will be made that Howe failed to pacify angry opposition government rapped progressive conservative consumer critic Geoff Scott called the Federal government a co conspirator in the and tory housing critic James Mcgrath said Ottawa had made thousands of homeowners unt ouch nip consumer critic Ray Skelly accused the government of ripping off the equity of homeowners who had the foam about the same time in prime minister Trudeau came out of a television studio and was confronted by about 20 victims of the Wear ing filters Over their Mouths and noses give your Holiday spirits a lift with schweppes descent tonic water buy at this special Holiday Price a for bottles for regular Price tis the season for Blackwood beverages United or less plus Deposit available at participating dealers in and carrying protest Trudeau had said moments earlier the government was studying the Situa Tion to see How bad it we have to find out the facts before we Dole out he complaints about the insulation have received widespread publicity in re cent but no one seems to know for sure How Many families Are experiencing severe health problems linked directly to the the National research for has said the presence of the foam Doest necessarily mean there will be each House and problem will be unique in some aspects and must be thoroughly investigated before initiating remedial the Council said in a special publication released this 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