Teg Bains4d ago
Avi Lewis

Here’s just one of the unprecedented measures the Liberals pushed through at the end of this session:

Cabinet ministers will now be allowed to authorize the use of banned pesticides in the name of “national economic security.”

Even if they’ve been deemed unsafe for human health.

Debate was shut down, and scientists, public health and environmental experts were not allowed to testify before the bill was passed.

Another gift to powerful corporations at the expense of Canadians.

Legislation by lobbyists.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bill-c-30-changes-pesticide-use-pest-control-products-act-9.7240832

#cdnpoli #canada #food

Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides | CBC News

The federal government has brought in major changes to how pesticides are regulated in Canada, granting cabinet the power to authorize the use of pesticides — even ones that Health Canada has deemed unsafe.

CBC
Jun 22 at 4:12pmWeb
Show threadohir6d ago

@avilewis
> Debate was shut down, and scientists, public health and environmental experts were not allowed

I thought Carney was a statesman who was defending Canada against greedy American invaders because he’s such a great patriot. But it turns out it was simply to keep the Americans from stealing what could be stolen by domestic billionaires...

Show threadfionag116d ago
@avilewis Did the NDP have any presence on the Finance Committee (only committee to review C-30) and were they able to support Elizabeth May's proposed amendments?
Show threadcanleaf08✅ 加拿大葉子 🏳️‍🌈⚧️🇪🇺🍁6d ago
@avilewis And I wanted to become a Canadian. Pffftt...
Show threadGordon J Holtslander6d ago

@avilewis

How a federal agency colluded with a pesticide maker to silence a Canadian researcher

https://www.sej.org/headlines/canadian-regulator-colluded-pesticide-maker-silence-researcher

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/10/17/news/federal-agency-colluded-bayer-pesticide-canadian-researcher

Canadian Regulator Colluded With A Pesticide Maker To Silence Researcher

"The federal pesticide regulator collaborated with an agrochemical giant to undermine research by a prominent Canadian scientist to stave off an impending ban of a class of pesticides harmful to human brains and sperm and deadly to bees, insects and birds, Canada's National Observer has found."

SEJ
Show threadBarry Cook 🇨🇦6d ago
@avilewis - much like the MAGA crowd have moulded the party into something that is no longer the Republicans, it seems Carney is keen to turn the Liberals into the Tory Lite Party.
And neither version is good for their respective countries.
Show threadgrte6d ago
@avilewis Cabinet ministers will now be allowed to give you cancer in the name of national economic security, basically.
Show threadMs. Que Banh4d ago

@avilewis You need to talk to your neoliberal BC NDP folks. Katrina Conroy pulled exact same economic BS card - to defend her approvals to spray glysophate over massive areas in BC. You have plenty of capitalist ecocidal maniacs, within your own party. BC NDP behave like Conservatives.

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #hypocrisy #BCNDP #NDP