<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr">Hi folks! </div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr">The Province of Ontario is asking for your opinion (Using the Environmental Bill of Rights) <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2526">before January 25th</b> – on whether you support its new Proposal for Enhancing Pollinator Health and Reducing the Use of Neonicotinoid Pesticides in Ontario.</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr">Here is the EBR page to provide comment.</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTIzOTE5&statusId=MTg2NDA3&language=enhttp://" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2597">http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTIzOTE5&statusId=MTg2NDA3&language=enhttp://</a><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr">Here's some things you can mention:</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr">Here is a link to the EPA report that stated how the use of this product on soya beens had " no significant yield gains". (There is no economic benefit in using this product.)</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-10/documents/benefits_of_neonicotinoid_seed_treatments_to_soybean_production_2.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2639">http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-10/documents/benefits_of_neonicotinoid_seed_treatments_to_soybean_production_2.pdf</a><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr">Bee deaths last year killed off 58% of the total population: <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18.9000549316406px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2872"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2888">that rate of loss is over three times the average of all other Canadian provinces. </font></span></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/neonicotinoid-pesticide-use-to-be-reduced-by-80-in-ontario-1.2849318" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2873">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/neonicotinoid-pesticide-use-to-be-reduced-by-80-in-ontario-1.2849318</a><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr">Neonicotinoid<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2820" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18.9000549316406px;" class=""> pesticides were already banned by the European Union. (See previous link above)</span><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2463" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2460"><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421346195862_2460" dir="ltr">Lulu :0)</div></div></body></html>