<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div>Hi folks</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Just sent this. </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Lulu </div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size:
16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu@rogers.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "cfife-co@ndp.on.ca" <cfife-co@ndp.on.ca>; "ahorwath-co@ndp.on.ca" <ahorwath-co@ndp.on.ca>; "kwynne.mpp@liberal.ola.org" <kwynne.mpp@liberal.ola.org>; "minister.omafra@ontario.ca" <minister.omafra@ontario.ca>; "rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca" <rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca>; "pmra.infoserv@hc-sc.gc.ca" <pmra.infoserv@hc-sc.gc.ca>; "jb@sierraclub.ca" <jb@sierraclub.ca>; Sara Elcombe <articling@waterkeeper.ca>; CELA Articling Student 1 <articling.cela@lao.on.ca>; "david@donnellylaw.ca" <david@donnellylaw.ca>; "sshrybman@sgmlaw.com"
<sshrybman@sgmlaw.com>; "consultation@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca" <consultation@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca>; justin duncan <jduncan@ecojustice.ca>; "ontario@natureconservancy.ca" <ontario@natureconservancy.ca>; "abscott@environmentaldefence.ca" <abscott@environmentaldefence.ca>; "pprobe@pollutionprobe.org" <pprobe@pollutionprobe.org>; "justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca" <justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca>; "stephane.dion@parl.gc.ca" <stephane.dion@parl.gc.ca>; "stephen.harper@parl.gc.ca" <stephen.harper@parl.gc.ca>; "Elizabeth.May@parl.gc.ca" <Elizabeth.May@parl.gc.ca>; "thomas.mulcair@parl.gc.ca" <thomas.mulcair@parl.gc.ca>; "peter.braid.c1@parl.gc.ca" <peter.braid.c1@parl.gc.ca>; "Leona.Aglukkaq@parl.gc.ca" <Leona.Aglukkaq@parl.gc.ca>; "gerry.ritz@parl.gc.ca" <gerry.ritz@parl.gc.ca>; "maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca" <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:28 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Ontario must ban neonicotinoids in light of new EPA study<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv8780095910"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="yiv8780095910" style=""><span class="yiv8780095910" style="">The EPA's study into bee killing Neonicotinoid Pesticed states the following: </span><span class="yiv8780095910" style="background-color:transparent;"> </span></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="yiv8780095910" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div
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<i class="yiv8780095910" style="">“EPA concludes that these seed treatments provide little or no overall benefits to soybean production in most situations. Published data indicate that in most cases there is no difference in soybean yield when soybean seed was treated with neonicotinoids versus not receiving any insect control treatment.” </i><i class="yiv8780095910" style="">(1)</i></blockquote><blockquote class="yiv8780095910" style=""><i class="yiv8780095910" style=""><b class="yiv8780095910" style="font-style:normal;">Source:</b><span class="yiv8780095910" style="font-style:normal;"> (1) </span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv8780095910" target="_blank" href="http://secure.sierraclub.ca/sites/secure.sierraclub.ca/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3517&qid=2125864" style="font-style:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="yiv8780095910" color="red"
style="">http://www2.epa.gov/pollinator-protection/benefits-neonicotinoid-seed-treatments-soybean-production</font></a><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv8780095910yqt9246091718" id="yiv8780095910yqtfd96377"><br clear="none" class="yiv8780095910" style=""></div></i></blockquote><div class="yiv8780095910yqt9246091718" id="yiv8780095910yqtfd69292">
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The Ontario government has committed to limiting the use of bee killing neonicotinoid pesticides through a licensing program to begin in the spring of 2016, meaning neonicotinoids will be used on all soybean and corn crops for one more year.</div></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style=""><br clear="none" class="yiv8780095910" style=""></div>
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<img align="right" class="yiv8780095910" hspace="28" src="http://www.sierraclub.ca/sites/sierraclub.ca/files/images/bayer4.preview.jpg" vspace="3" width="200" style="">“This information radically changes the situation. The government no longer needs to weigh the interests of the environment against the interests of the soybean producers. Our interests are the same -- a clean safe environment,” said John Bennett, National Program Director of Sierra Club Canada. He states: “If neonicotinoids don’t benefit soybean farmers there is no reason to wait 17 months before taking action,” said Mr. Bennett.</div><div class="yiv8780095910" style=""><br clear="none" class="yiv8780095910" style=""></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">I agree with the concern of Mr.
Bennett and I demand these products be banned immediately for use in
Ontario not only for the harm they cause to bees and biodiversity but also for the economic tort damages it has created for Ontario's agricultural community who invested their money and time towards using a scientifically useless product. It's either flawed or fraud. I can't make heads or tails of why this product was approved but it's hurting an economic sector that provides the lion's share of Ontario's GDP wealth. How could this happen?</div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br clear="none" class="yiv8780095910" style=""></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">The PMRA and the Province may
be held liable if they continue to facilitate the
use of these useless products since it was their approval who allowed use to begin with. It makes me livid to see situations like this because with reasonable science and and a wider scope of peer review this mess could have been avoided. </div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br clear="none" class="yiv8780095910" style=""></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">In light of the concerns, I would like a written response to these questions:</div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida
Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br clear="none" class="yiv8780095910" style=""></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">How could the products be approved with the absence of a <span class="yiv8780095910" style="background-color:transparent;">proven net benefit/cost analysis? </span></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span class="yiv8780095910" style="background-color:transparent;"><br clear="none" class="yiv8780095910" style=""></span></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,
'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span class="yiv8780095910" style="background-color:transparent;">Was the
data peer reviewed? If so by whom?</span></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span class="yiv8780095910" style="background-color:transparent;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span class="yiv8780095910" style="background-color:transparent;">Who signed off on this product's use?</span></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span class="yiv8780095910"
style="background-color:transparent;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">How much money was spent on these products in total from approval onwards by Ontario's farmers? </div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Were any Canadian tax dollars invested in the creation and/or use of these products? If so how much? Who signs
off?</div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Were any Provincial tax dollars invested in the creation and/or use of these products? If so how much? Who signs off?</div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial,
'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Do taxpayers stand to loose any money if we ban the product outright? If so how much?</div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span class="yiv8780095910" style="background-color:transparent;"><br clear="none" class="yiv8780095910" style=""></span></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span class="yiv8780095910" style="background-color:transparent;">Canada's approval process includes EPA data yet it negates the review of international studies. Why is that? </span><span
style="background-color:transparent;">What benefits are there in excluding international findings? </span></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span class="yiv8780095910" style="background-color:transparent;"><br clear="none" class="yiv8780095910" style=""></span></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">If data used for approval is deemed fraudulent or flawed what protocols exist to address the issue?</div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal;
background-color: transparent;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Once a product has been released for use and the product is later deemed unsafe, or in this case, useless, what protocols exist to formally remove such product?</div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Is there any reasonable justification that can be given to continue to
permit the wide spread use of an agricultural chemical product that has no proven net benefit?</div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br clear="none" class="yiv8780095910" style=""></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Thank you kindly for your time. </div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br clear="none" class="yiv8780095910" style=""></div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Louisette Lanteigne</div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">700 Star Flower Ave.</div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Waterloo Ont.</div><div class="yiv8780095910" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">N2V 2L2</div><div class="yiv8780095910yqt9246091718" id="yiv8780095910yqtfd49683">
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