Asbestos in Canada

Asbestos continues to be in the Canadian news. Earlier this year, federal Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff stated that Canada should stop exporting chrysotile asbestos (which is still mined in Quebec). In November, the Canadian Press indicated that the number of new cases of mesothelioma in Canada have increased 67 percent over a decade and a half. This rate is predicted to continue to increase as Canada feels the residual impact of its asbestos boom in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Asbestos is no longer used in Canada.