The Toronto Star: Asbestos, Quebec — It’s being removed from Canada’s public buildings, is banned in the European Union, and caused the cancer that afflicted Transport Minister Chuck Strahl, but Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is defending asbestos exports.
Harper, in a swing through this Bloc Quebecois-held riding of Richmond-Arthabaska, told reporters at a seniors’ residence named for the Jeffrey asbestos mine, that “we have no plans” to curb the sale of the hazardous fire-resistant material abroad.
While he nodded sagely at the mention of Strahl’s health plight, the Tory leader did not refer to him in his brief response on the issue.
Ironically, asbestos is being removed from buildings as disparate as schools, the House of Commons, and 24 Sussex Drive, where Harper resides with his wife and two children.
Strahl, who retired from electoral politics before this election, was a partner in a logging and construction company and has said his exposure to asbestos caused his mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer.
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