Mr. Speaker, the government is busting its britches because it is spending $500,000, whereas Quebec has already committed more than $2.7 million, and the previous federal government had even spent nearly $13 million to help the asbestos industry in the late 1980s.
Is the Liberal government waiting until asbestos is banned everywhere in Europe and some 2,000 Quebec jobs have vanished before it takes any serious steps to save this industry?