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Top 25 Quotes by Mayors on Pesticides from Mike Christie
#25 Michael Elliott (Former Hudson Mayor): It's the first piece of legislation that totally has banned pesticides and I think there's going to be a lot of other communities are going to follow suit. (Source: April 21, 1994, CTV National News)
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#24 Michael Elliott was the mayor of Hudson when the ban was introduced. Elliot says he changed his mind after hearing what he calls "horror stories". "It says on the back of the package, 'If ingested, induce vomiting.' Now to me that means it's dangerous." (Source: December 7, 2000, CBC News)
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#23 Fredericton Mayor Les Hull, says he's ready to consider a ban on pesticides. His remarks come a day after the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the right of municipalities to regulate pesticides. That will come as good news to many people in the capital city. (Source: June 29 2001, CBC Radio)
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#22 Fredericton Mayor Brad Woodside said the use of pesticides is an important environmental issue. He said it would be better, however, if the province made the decision rather than leaving it up to each municipality. "Personally, I would not have a problem with that," he said about a ban. "I have been using organics on my property now for the last two or three years. There is an alternative to pesticide and it works quite nicely."
(Source: March 21, 2007, The Fredericton Daily Gleaner)
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#21 A motion council passed last year that directs the initiation of a public process on cosmetic pesticides. "Milton council values public input on a topic of importance to many residents and businesses in Milton," said Mayor Gord Krantz. "This is an opportunity for the public to share their thoughts on this issue." (Source: March 9, 2007, Milton Canadian Champion)
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#20 Chelsea does not have a municipal water system; residents get their water from artesian wells. "When you live on wells, you don't want a lot of chemicals getting into the groundwater", says Mayor Judy Grant. "I couldn't imagine anybody being happy to drink the water from a well knowing their neighbour was using pesticides."
(Source: May 22, 2001, CBC Radio One)
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#19 Waterloo Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft said Waterloo uses next to no pesticide on parks, but were recently commended for the great condition of playing fields. Woolstencroft welcomed the court decision and said she has already been contacted by several people and committees eager for action. "I think it will be better for air, water and for the little creatures, birds, small children and cats." (Source: June 30, 2001, The Kitchener-Waterloo Record)
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#18 The bylaw prohibits the use of pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals for cosmetic purpose in Port Moody. It is the first such bylaw to be adopted in Western Canada. Several municipalities are now following Port Moody's lead by adopting similar legislation. The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) is also considering a similar regulation. "Port Moody is committed to sustainability through environmental initiatives such as this," said Port Moody Mayor Joe Trasolini.
(Source: March 27, 2006, City of Port Moody Press Release)
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#17 Montreal mayoralty candidate Gerald Tremblay says he'll ban the use of pesticides for aesthetic purposes if he's elected. (Source: October 18 2001, CBC Radio 88.5 FM Live),
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#16 But Toronto's Public Health Department and other physicians backed the ban. And so did Mayor David Miller. "Pesticides are poisons," he insists. "They are a health hazard, and we should minimize that health hazard as much as possible." (Source: May 20, 2004, Pluse24)
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#15 After the vote, Toronto Mayor David Miller said he was happy with council's decision. "It's a good bylaw," he told reporters. "It's the right thing to do from a public health point of view." (Source: May 21, 2004, Globe and Mail)
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#14 Mayor Camille Belliveau says Shediac town council will consider a ban on spraying lawn pesticides. "I used to spray my own personal lawn and office and I stopped about two years ago because when I saw the signs saying don't do this, don't walk and I saw the poison sign, it started bothering me." (Source: March 21, 2002, CBC News)
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#13 "You can't do much with education unless there is regulation and a bylaw," he said. "I don't think it's fair to this community. If we're really going to be serious about changing our environmental image, you have to do it with leadership," Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said. "What was done tonight is really the status quo."
(Source: June 20, 2006, Sarnia Obsever)
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#12 In fact, the Urban Pest Management Council of Canada says bans are unnecessary, costly and provide little additional public health benefits. But, Mayor Mike Bradley holds an opposing view, saying we'll look back on the controversy a decade from now and wonder what all the fuss was about. (Source: February 28, 2007, Sarnia This Week)
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#11 The House of Commons environment committee concluded this summer that children are particularly vulnerable to pesticides. The committee urged the federal government to modernize its 30-year-old pesticide law, specifically by applying today's more stringent standards to all pesticides approved before 1995. The committee also supported phasing out cosmetic use of pesticides. But the government has not acted on these recommendations, and this upsets Mayor Judy Grant of Chelsea, Que. "With the election coming up, the government withdrew the law," she says. "It doesn't surprise me. They copped out to the chemical companies." (Source: November 17, 2000, Capital News Online)
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#10 "I think the time has come that we need to address this issue," Mayor Dave Ryan said. "But the real issue is that the other levels of government need to take action." Although Pickering can ban cosmetic use, Mayor Ryan said they can't stop stores from selling the product. The latter would be up to other levels of government.
(Source: February 20, 2007, durhamregion.com)
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#9 Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger wants to ban the cosmetic and non-essential use of pesticides in the city. "(The idea) has been around for quite some time," Eisenberger told members of the public works committee this week. "I'm for the banning of unnecessary use of pesticides. We need to pass a bylaw." (Source: January 19 2007, Flamborough Review)
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#8 City of Greater Sudbury's Mayor David Courtemanche is supportive. "I take the concerns of the Public Health Unit very seriously. There is growing evidence that pesticides are a public health hazard and municipalities are in a position to address that issue through the development of not just a bylaw but programs and policies that would support the reduction if not elimination of pesticides in our community," said Mayor Courtemanche.
(Source: Northern Ontario.org <http://tinyurl.com/2lwkgd>)
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#7 "I can't support the bylaw in its current form," Mayor Karen Farbridge said after last night's city council meeting. "And I'm not convinced the current (draft) bylaw we have addresses the health issue sufficiently for me." I personally have always been very clear on it that I would rather see an outright ban," she said." (Source: March 6, 2007, Guelph Mercury)
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#6 Mayor Karen Farbridge wants a bylaw drafted as soon as possible that will ban the cosmetic use of pesticides in Guelph. "It's taken a long time," Farbridge said at a committee meeting yesterday. "The goal now is to finally move forward."
(Source: March 10, 2007, Guelph Mercury)
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#5 As last night's most outspoken member in favour of a ban, Mayor Sylvia Sutherland said not everyone will be responsible at first and stop using cosmetic lawn care products. "We'll go through some agonies like we did with the smoking bylaw, but we're winning," Sutherland said. "I don't think any green lawn is worth the health of a person or a pet."
(Source: February 1, 2005, The Peterborough Examiner)
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#4 "Environmental preservation and protection is a top priority for the Town. Over the past several years, we have virtually eliminated the use of pesticides on public lands," said Oakville Mayor Rob Burton. "This is another positive step forward in protecting the health of our community." (Source: February 14, 2007, Town of Oakville Press Release)
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#3 "The bylaw is working very well, costs us very little to maintain and grass is still growing in Hudson," said the Former Hudson, Que., mayor Michael Elliott, who helped bring in Canada's first municipal pesticide ban.
(Source: November 22, 2002, The Ottawa Sun)
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#2 Former Hudson mayor Michael Elliott said his municipality adopted the ban after several children complained of rashes and breathing problems. "I would hope Ottawa would not be behind small towns like Chelsea and Hudson," said Elliott.
(Source: November 9, 2005, The Ottawa Sun)
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#1 "I've always considered this whole issue a local issue, and I defended it even to the highest court on the basis that we are a community and we have the right to decide what we want in our environment in this community," said Hudson Mayor Stephen Shaar. (Source: June 29, 2001, The Ottawa Citizen)
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How to kill pests without killing yourself or the earth......
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We are losing the war against these thousand pests mainly because we insist on using only synthetic pesticide POISONS and fertilizers There has been a severe "knowledge drought" - a worldwide decline in agricultural R&D, especially in production research and safe, more effective pest control since the advent of synthetic pesticide POISONS and fertilizers. Today we are like lemmings running to the sea insisting that is the "right way". The greatest challenge facing humanity this century is the necessity for us to double our global food production with less land, less water, less nutrients, less science, frequent droughts, more and more contamination and ever-increasing pest damage.
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