Saskatoon MP introduces bill in memory of anti-asbestos crusader

Earlier this week, the MP for Saskatoon West and theNDP'slabour critic tabled a private member's bill to ban all asbestos products in Canada.

"His family has been very supportiveand very grateful," Benson told CBC Radio's Saskatoon Morning. "I'm pleasedand I'm going to work hard for that legacy continues and we get a complete ban on asbestos."

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Asbestos is known to cause deadly cancers and lung diseasesand has already been banned in Europe, Australia and Japan. The World Health Organization recommends replacing asbestos with safer substitutes.

In May, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke about a comprehensive asbestos ban, but Benson said he has since been quiet on the issue. She's hoping her bill gets things moving.

"More often than not, people assume that it's been banned already," she said. "We really need to be talking about this issueand people need to know that it isn't banned yet."

Benson said the majority of the asbestos brought into the country is in imported brake linings and brake pads.