Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Friday, October 24, 2008 4:59:04 PM
In Canada, low-risk asbestos is still being
mined and sold to developing countries even though it is not allowed for use in Canada's own construction.
The sad truth is asbestos continues to be a sacred cow to governments because the lone surviving mine with its 700 jobs is located in the one-industry Quebec town of Thetford Mines.
But how Canada can argue that a commodity the government says is too dangerous to permit in domestic construction is okey-dokey for a developing world where safety measures are far less stringent is a headscratcher.
The government spends millions on international sales campaigns using its diplomats and embassies to unleash one-sided positive views against widely acknowledged dangers about asbestos exposure, which is highly unethical behaviour.
Hypocritical? Dangerous? You decide.