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PCN Policy Submissions

Letter to Minister of Health re: Industry interference in pesticide assessment

Hon. Mark Holland, P.C., M.P.
November 22, 2024
A science-based notice of objection should trigger urgent second-thought on pesticide registrations. Instead the PMRA consulted industry then dismissed Prof Christy Morrissey's findings of excessive insecticide contamination in water—habitat for...
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Exposure Assessment, industry interference, Neonicotinoids, Pesticides, Risk Assessment

Joint Statement: Reorienting federal regulation of pesticides … A health and environmental imperative

Ministers of Health, and Environment and Climate Change; Pest Management Regulatory Agency
February 8, 2024
Biodiversity, Pesticides, Risk Assessment, Sustainable Agriculture

Implementation Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Government of Canada
April 22, 2024
Bill S-5 amended CEPA to include the "RIght to a Healthy Environment." This consultation addressed implementation of this new "right."
Biodiversity, Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Chemical Assessment, Endocrine Disruptors, Exposure Assessment, Hazard Assessment, Petrochemicals, Plastic, Radiofrequency Radiation, Risk Assessment, Telecommunications & Radiation

Pollution prevention, reduction, and accountability in Canada’s Biodiversity Strategy

Canadian Biodiversity Strategy re. Milestone Document
February 9, 2024
Addressing pesticides and non-ionizing radiation per the Convention on Biological Diversity
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Forestry, Pesticides, Sustainable Agriculture, Telecommunications & Radiation