<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Good work John.<div>RM</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 2013-12-08, at 11:20 AM, John Jackson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">GREN is sending out this alert to let you know that you have a golden opportunity to speak up on behalf of bees and pollinators. We need your help to reduce the negative impacts of Neonicotinoid pesticides--pesticides that are highly toxic (10,000 times more toxic to bees than DDT), are "systemic" (found in all parts of plants: roots, leaves, pollen, nectar), have a very long half-life in the environment, and are routinely applied whether or not there is a pest problem. <br>
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</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">In the spring of 2013, the European Union suspended the use of neonicotinoids. In September 2013 this is what the Canadian Government said about these pesticides: <b>"Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has determined that current agricultural practices related to the use of neonicotinoid treated corn and soybean seed are affecting the environment due to their impacts on bees and other pollinators." <br>
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</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><b><u>The PMRA is now asking the public to comment on the use of neonicotinoids. The comment period ends on December 12, 2013</u></b><u>.</u> The original PMRA document can be found here</span></font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"> <<font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_noi2013-01/noi2013-01-eng.php">http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_noi2013-01/noi2013-01-eng.php</a></u></font>> </span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">.<br>
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</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">GREN is part of a coalition with several groups concerned about this issue, including the Council of Canadians, the National Farmers Union, Pollination Canada--Seeds of Diversity and Sierra Club Canada. Sierra Club has set-up a form to make it easy for you to comment. Just <b>click here</b></span></font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"> <<font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5654/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15437">http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5654/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15437</a></u></font>> </span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">, fill in the form, and click “send”. Submitting comments in your own words is preferable, but you can use the suggested text if you so choose.<br>
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</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">If you'd like to contact the PMRA directly on this topic, the email address is: <font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="x-msg://31/pmra.publications@hc-sc.gc.ca">pmra.publications@hc-sc.gc.ca</a></u></font></span></font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"> <<font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="mailto:pmra.publications@hc-sc.gc.ca">mailto:pmra.publications@hc-sc.gc.ca</a></u></font>> </span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><b> </b> If you do decide to contact the PMRA directly, be sure to include your full name, your phone number and your complete mailing or email address in the body of your submission or the PMRA will invalidate your submission.<br>
We know that the pesticide manufacturers are asking their allies to contact the PMRA in support of the continued use of these toxic pesticides. So it's really important for the PMRA to hear our message loud and clear: these dangerous pesticides need to be banned. Thanks for standing up for the pollinators.<br>
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</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">P.S. You may remember that back in 2012 Environment Canada invited comment on a proposal to kill wolves as part of a so-called ‘plan’ to protect Caribou. More than 20,000 comments forced the government to back-track. Let’s do it again – for the pollinators this time!<br>
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John Jackson<br>
17 Major Street<br>
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1<br>
519-744-7503<br>
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