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Mr. David Sproule, head of Canada's delegation at the Rotterdam Convention June 20-24, 2011. The Rotterdam Convention is a multilateral United Nations protocol under which vulnerable populations are provided a modicum of protection from dangerous substances. David Sproule, the head of Canada's delegation, told participants that "Canada is not in a position to agree to the listing of chrysotile asbestos … at this conference of the parties,"