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PCN Policy Submissions

Submission regarding 2026 Budget Implementation Bills C-30 and C-31 amendments to federal pesticide regulation, and re-naming the Pest Management Regulatory Agency

Finance Committee, Parliament of Canada
June 2, 2026
Proposed amendments to the Pest Control Products Act should be struck from Bills C-30 and C-31.
Agriculture, Food, Pesticides, Risk Assessment

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

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

Supplementary PCN submission re. NOI2023-01 on pesticide regulation

Health Canada - Pest Management Regulatory Agency
September 8, 2023
Agriculture, Forestry, Pesticides

NOI2023-01 Consultation on strengthening the regulation of pest control products in Canada – Joint ENGO submission

Pest Management Regulatory Agency
September 8, 2023
An authoritative response to Health Canada proposals to increase permitted levels of pesticides, potentially improve access to confidential test data, and clarify that ECCC must receive data addressing harms to...
Agriculture, Pesticides

Accessibility in Canadian Parks

Accessibility Standards of Canada
August 11, 2023
Proposed accessibility standards should go beyond mobility, to address harms from environmental exposures including pesticides, fragrance chemicals and "wireless" radiation
Accessibility, Fragrances, Pesticides, Telecommunications & Radiation

Tiafenacil Notice of Objection

Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA)
October 28, 2022
Agriculture, Herbicides, Pesticides

Letter to PMRA re. suspension of glyphosate product renewals

Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada
October 27, 2022
Agriculture, Exposure Assessment, Glyphosate, Hazard Assessment, Herbicides, Risk Assessment

Comments on proposed glyphosate maximum residue limits (PMRL 2021-10)

Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada
April 13, 2022
Agriculture, Exposure Assessment, Food, Glyphosate, Herbicides, Risk Assessment