Pest Control Products Act 'act' Urgent Action Alert
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February 4, 2015
Government members of the Federal Standing Committee on Health are using their majority to force a very quick review of the Pest Control Products Act (the law that governs the licensing of pesticides in Canada). The Act--like many laws--contains a mandatory review clause, which means the Standing Committee on Health must undertake an examination at set intervals and recommend changes to Parliament.
The Sierra Club has five reasonable recommendations:
1. The Precautionary Principle should be the basis of all approvals.
2. The Act should be amended to ensure that the need for a new pesticide be demonstrated as part of the approval process.
3. Qualified requests for a reconsideration of a Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) decision should result in a timely, mandatory review.
4. The public should be informed at the beginning and not the end of the approval process.
5. A Citizen Review Committee should be established to review PMRA decisions, policies and practices and advise the minister of its findings.
