From: CropHealth Advising & Research [mailto:office@crophealth.com]
Sent: 13 December 2013 10:13 AM
To: WCTA Executive Director
Subject: Re: Further to Proposed IPM Act Regulatory Changes Just Announced
Read more: Letter to the Editor Re: Further to Proposed IPM Act Regulatory Changes Just Announced
December 4, 2013
To: Bob Lucy, BC Ministry of Environment Pesticides License Officer, Integrated Pest Management Program
CC: Bruce Holms, Daphne Dolhaine, Cindy Bertram
Dear Mr. Lucy
On behalf of the Allied Golf Association-BC (AGA-BC) and the Western Canada Turfgrass Association (WCTA), I would like to thank you, Mr. Holms and Ms. Dolhaine for providing the opportunity to speak with you prior to new regulations pertaining to the application of pesticides in British Columbia are enacted.
Read more: WCTA Submission Regarding Proposed IPM Regulation Amendments
By Jerry Rousseau
On October 10th, 2013, Allied Golf Association of BC Environmental Advocacy Committee representatives met with Environment Minister Mary Polak on the subject of pesticide use.
By Jerry Rousseau
The BC Ministry of Environment released proposed IPM Act regulatory changes to stakeholders and the general public on October 9th. We of course immediately forwarded the announcement to all WCTA members and allied stakeholders with encouragement to read the Intentions Paper and submit any comments/questions by the December 8th deadline. It was noted that the implementation timeframe for the proposed regulatory revisions is relatively short with the Ministry intending to have changes enacted in two stages between 2014 and 2015.
Letter to Winnipeg Free Press 09/15/2013
Dear Editor,
Manitoba's Minister of Conservation and Water Stewardship, Gord Mackintosh, has made baseless claims about the health and safety of pesticides that totally contradict the comprehensive health-and-safety assessments done by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), the federal body responsible for approving pesticides in Canada.