The jig is up for the asbestos industry: NDP MP Pat Martin: I have been actively seeking a ban on asbestos ever since I worked in the asbestos mines as a young man

NDP MP Pat Martin worked as a carpenter in Manitoba. In June of this year the 4,000 delegates to the ILO (International Labour Organization) passed a resolution to ban the production and sale of asbestos.

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