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Short Bill Sparks Hot Debate

Bill C-474 is sure stirring up a lot a fuss for being only 42 words long. The bill states in its entirety: “The governor-in-council shall, within 60 days after this act comes into force, amend the Seeds Regulations to require that an analysis of potential harm to export markets be conducted before the sale of
Crops

Pesticide Waste Program Continues Under New Name

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Anew organization called CleanFARMS(TM) Inc. was launched Feb. 1 to build on successful agricultural stewardship programs started by CropLife Canada, Canada’s plant science industry trade association, more than 20 years ago. CleanFARMS(TM) Inc. will continue to deliver the highly successful empty container and obsolete pesticide collection programs, but will also look at developing new programs
Crops

Include European Pesticide Policy In Free Trade Talks

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Officials negotiating a free trade deal with Europe must get EU officials to clarify the impact proposed pesticide registration rules will have on food imports from Canada, says Ron Bonnett, first vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. “We plan to raise this issue with Canadian negotiators,” Bonnett said in an interview after a meeting
Crops

Manitoba Farmers Turn In Obsolete Pesticides

Aprogram to collect unwanted or obsolete pesticide last fall in Manitoba collected more than 51,158 kilograms of product – enough to fill approximately four semi-trailers, CropLife Canada says. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Agriculture Sustainability Initiative Fund and Manitoba Conservation’s Sustainable Development Innovations Fund partnered with CropLife Canada to finance the Manitoba collection, with
News

Ontario law threatens farm pesticides

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Ontario’s “arbitrary” ban on ‘cosmetic’ pesti -cides threatens their use in agriculture and that’s why CropLife Canada is fighting back. “This is about more than just dandelions,” CropLife president Lorne Hepworth warned the 350 people attending CropLife’s annual meeting here Dec. 3. “It’s about agriculture and the not-so-subtle impact this has on the impressions Canadians
News

Cancer conference explores risks from pesticides

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Does eating foods produced with agricultural pesticides give people cancer? That was one of the questions on surgical oncologist Carman Giacomantonio’s mind when he travelled from Nova Scotia last week to attend the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) conference titled Exploring the Link Between Pesticides and Cancer. Giacomantonio, who also sits on the cancer society’s board,
Opinion

Cancer, pesticides and posturing

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If you went to Toronto expecting to get a clear, unequivocal answer on the issue of whether pesticides used in agricultural production can be linked to cancer, you might as well have saved yourself the disappointment and gone to the Royal Winter Fair instead. As tempting as that was, it was a worthwhile exercise sitting
News

Farm groups want a voice at pesticide meeting

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“Farmers are a lot more conscious of the impact of pesticides and the need to apply them properly.” Some farm groups want to be sure delegates to a Canadian Cancer Society conference on agricultural pesticides get the farmers’ side of the story. “We want to ensure the voice of producers is heard on the need

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