Ontario is moving in the…

Ontario is moving in the wrong direction. Hundreds of scientific studies point to evidence of harm from neonics, leading governments around the world to restrict their use. In 2018, the Province of Quebec introduced regulatory restrictions similar to those in Ontario, and the European Union banned outdoor agricultural use of the three main neonics altogether. Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency is proposing to phase out most uses of neonics, too, based in part on water-monitoring data from Ontario showing these chemicals are contaminating the environment at levels harmful to aquatic insects.

Why undo five years of progress to curtail the overuse of neonics in Ontario, when the case for banning them altogether is now stronger than ever?