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Pesticides: Farmers, Victims and Health and Environmental Organizations Call on MPs to Remove Section 13 of Bill C-31
- A coalition of farmers, people who became ill, and health and environmental organizations urged the Canadian government and all Members of Parliament to remove Section 13 of Bill C-31.
- The Pest Control Products Act requires Health Canada to reassess every registered pesticide at least once every 15 years using the latest scientific evidence.
- Section 13 would replace the 15-year pesticide reassessment requirement with a review of information already available.
- More than 13,000 Canadians have signed a petition seeking the removal of pesticide-related provisions in Bill C-31 and the repeal of provisions adopted under Bill C-30.
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A pesticide victim, agronomist and retired researcher Gérald Chouinard asked the Carney government to maintain the mandatory cyclical re-evaluation of registered pesticides. He spoke on Tuesday in Ottawa in a coalition of scientists, elected officials and organizations working to protect health and the environment.
·Montreal, Canada
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Pesticides: Farmers, Victims and Health and Environmental Organizations Call on MPs to Remove Section 13 of Bill C-31
OTTAWA, Ontario/TRADITIONAL AND UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHINAABEG PEOPLE, Oct. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At a press conference in Ottawa today, a coalition of farmers, people who have become ill, and health and environmental organizations called on the…
·Welland, Canada
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Farmers are asking the government to remove section 13 of Bill C-31.
·Montreal, Canada
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