Pat Martin on the Asbestos Industry...

During "Statement by Members' yesterday - Pat Martin, the NDP MP for Winnipeg-Centre said this in response to those who advocate for the asbestos industry:

Mr. Speaker, the best science money can buy has been used to justify and defend exporting a made in Canada asbestos epidemic throughout the developing world, but the Conservatives and their Asbestos Institute can no longer hide behind the phoney research they bought and paid for.

I rise today to condemn the Conservatives for their boosterism and cheerleading of the asbestos cartel and the human misery it causes. I condemn the scientists and researchers who compromise their professional integrity and the reputation of our great university.

Dante should have reserved a special level of hell for the charlatans and the fraudsters of the government-sponsored Asbestos Institute who knowingly and willingly conspired to hide the effects of asbestos exposure from the world. I denounce them in the strongest possible terms. I pray that some day their treachery and deceit leads to criminal charges of corporate manslaughter so they may face justice in this world as well.

If Mr. Martin wants to condemn the federal Conservative government for its' position on the asbestos industry then that is fine... that's politics.  However - accusing scientists/researchers of "compromising their professional integrity" is "below the belt" and Pat Martin should apologize to the scientists/researchers to which he referred to as "comprising their professional integrity" and leaving the political debate of the asbestos industry to the politicians...

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