It's weird that they still mine the dangerous stuff up there in Canada. Sell the crap to China and other developing countries.
Hopefully that'll change soon. Ottawa does U-turn on asbestos mining
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Canada is ending its much-maligned practice of defending asbestos mining on the world stage, a reversal of a stand that made it a pariah in some international circles.
The Harper government, which until Friday unflinchingly defended Canada’s right to export the cancer-causing mineral from Quebec, is blaming the incoming Parti Québécois regime for its change of heart.