Patricia Davidson Maverick Watch
The Conservative backbencher pushed her government to reconsider its support of the asbestos industry.
"The myopic policy of supporting the asbestos industry without fail must be viewed rationally and scientifically, and from both viewpoints the current policy our government supports falls well short," she told Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis on March 25, 2010...
"In my view, this is not a partisan political issue, nor is it an issue where electoral politics should trump human health concerns that are truly at issue with the policy," she stated.
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