Environmental Groups Objections Highlight Need for New
Pesticide Law
CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION
PRESS RELEASE
APRIL 11, 2001
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Canadian
Environmental Law Association (CELA) and World Wildlife Fund Canada today filed
a Notice of Objection under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act
with Environment Minister David Anderson. The groups are opposing a proposal to
deem the Pest Control Product Act and its Regulations to be "equivalent"
to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act with respect to notice and
assessment requirements for new substances.
The Notice of Objection was sent to Environment Minister David Anderson
and copied to Health Minister Allan Rock. It details the numerous areas where
the content of the federal pesticide law (written in 1969 and not amended since)
and its regulations cannot be deemed "equivalent" to the more rigorous
requirements of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, as revised in
1999.
For more information:
Letter to David
Anderson (pdf file)
Notice of Objection Under
the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (pdf file)
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For further information, please contact:
Paul Muldoon, Executive Director and Counsel, CELA, 416-960-2284
Theresa
McClenaghan, Counsel, CELA, 416-960-2284
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