Asbestos – Harper’s Shame

Canada is one of the world’s biggest exporters of Asbestos, even though its is severely limited in its use here at home due to health concerns.  We are in some dubious company in trying to keep asbestos off the world’s banned list – Russia, Iran, Zimbabwe. 

Chrysotile asbestos is the fancy new marketing name for Asbestos. Just as the tar sands get referred to as …