Madam Speaker, I have a petition here signed by literally thousands of Canadians who call the attention of the House of Commons to the fact that asbestos is the greatest industrial killer that the world has ever known, that more Canadians die from asbestos than all other industrial causes combined, and yet Canada continues to be the second or third largest producer and exporter of asbestos in the world.
Therefore, these many thousands of Canadians are calling upon Parliament to ban asbestos in all of its forms, institute a just transition program for the asbestos workers, and end all government subsidies of asbestos in both Canada and abroad. They call it corporate welfare for corporate serial killers and they are opposed to it. They are calling on us to stop blocking international health and safety conventions, such as the Rotterdam convention, that are designed to protect workers from asbestos.