representing Canada's plant science industry

Get serious about the science!
We’re all safer with science-based regulations

Canadians expect the laws governing the products they find on stores shelves to be based on sound scientific principles. Ontario’s draft regulations to ban the sale and use of some pesticides are seriously flawed because they are lacking in scientific criteria.

What does that mean?

  • why a specific product can – or cannot - be used or sold in Ontario has not been spelled out
  • what criteria are required for new products has not been defined, which makes it very difficult for companies to develop new solutions to pest problems
  • home landscapes – grass, trees, shrubs, flowers and vegetable gardens – appear to be defined as cosmetic and not worthy of protection
  • this government is closing the door on new product innovation in Ontario

We are asking the Government of Ontario go back to the drawing board and define the scientific criteria it will use to assess current products and future innovations so that homeowners and professionals will have access to the safest and most effective tools to manage legitimate pest problems.

Here’s everything you need to make your voice heard!

  1. Write to the Premier McGuinty, Minister Gerretsen and your local MPP. CLICK here and push SEND.
  2. Review and use the attached key messages.
  3. Click here to see what CropLife Canada is saying.