This is a page from the 2019 Canadian general election.
Pesticides & herbicides
Green
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- Set targets for reducing use of pesticides through programmes to assist farmers in moving to organic farming.
- Revive and expand the National Pesticides Monitoring and Surveillance Network.
- Create a reporting database for to keep track of health impacts of pesticides.
- Ban neonics.
Set targets for reducing the use of pesticides in agriculture through programs to assist farmers in moving to organic and regenerative farming.
Revive and expand the National Pesticides Monitoring and Surveillance Network.
Create an adverse effects reporting database for doctors and emergency rooms to keep track of health impacts of pesticides and other chemicals.
Ban neonicotinoid pesticides, which kill bees and other pollinators, and support farmers in shifting to alternatives.
Ban all forestry and cosmetic uses of glyphosate-based herbicides as well as their use as a pre-harvest desiccant.
From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.