In the 51 years I've worked on pesticides in this country, this is the single most regressive proposal I've ever seen," Green Party leader Elizabeth May said.
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Criticizing the new pesticide legislation.
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In the 51 years I’ve worked on pesticides, this is the single most regressive proposal I’ve ever seen.
Parliament passed this law because Indigenous, racialized and marginalized communities are still being forced to carry the health, environmental and economic burden of pollution. The government had two years to deliver and it failed.





