Thank you, Minister. I've actually read that same document, but what they are is a lobby group. Are there any other lobby groups that the Canadian government subsidizes so that they come and lobby the Government of Canada? The fact is they put on 160 trade junkets in 60 different countries, paid for by the taxpayers of Canada, because they use our embassies and our foreign missions to flog this stuff.
The asbestos industry dines out on Canada's good name because they say that if a nice country like Canada says asbestos is okay, then it must be. Well, the whole world is united in their condemnation of asbestos, except for our country.
I used to work in the asbestos mines, believe me, and they closed due to normal market natural forces, because nobody would buy their junk any more. The only mines that are left in the country are in Quebec. Is that a coincidence, that you're supporting this industry because it's in the politically sensitive part of the country?