Harper fans keep dragging up Chrétien on this issue, with some factual basis.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/why-ban-asbestos/article762277/
http://www.preventcancernow.ca/canada-at-heart-of-global-asbestos-lobby
We even see links to the industry funded denial about tobacco and burning fossil fuels, with the same "experts" being paid to deny the science and say that the folks paying them to lie about the evidence should be allowed to continue making gigabucks peddling the same old poison they always have.

On the other hand, Chrétien  hasn't been PM since 2003, and both the administrations controlling the Quebec and Federal legislatures have finally responded to the Scientific Evidence about Asbestos being a lethal product.

JT is premier. That to in time will pass, like Lying Brian Mulrony, Harper, Dubbya, Dubbya's Dad, RayGun (SDI aka starwars makes Reagan RayGun to me) and Trudeau père.