The Carney government shut down a committee study Monday on a financial bill that includes sweeping changes to Canada’s pesticides law by allowing cabinet to overrule any pesticide ban the health minister imposes for being too toxic to the environment.
The Liberals blame the Conservatives for filibustering the committee — which they have. But the Grits are impatient, want to head home for the summer, and want C-30 passed quickly. It’s a potpourri of measures that were mostly announced in April’s economic update but also includes measures that were not explicitly announced — changes that the Green Party’s Elizabeth May calls “the worst thing I’ve seen on pesticide regulation in 50 years.”
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