Court rejects attempt to dismiss applications targeting government's pesticide registration process
Thursday, July 20, 2017 @ 12:28 PM | By Paula Kulig
A Federal Court case management judge has allowed two applications that seek to protect bees from neonicotinoid pesticides to move forward, rejecting motions brought by Health Canada and four chemical companies that they should be dismissed.
Julia Croome, EcojusticeThe applications by four environmental groups — David Suzuki Foundation, Friends of the Earth Canada, Ontario Nature and Wilderness Committee — argue the federal government’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has “engaged in an unlawful course of conduct” by improperly registering or amending the registration for the pesticides...
Julia Croome, EcojusticeThe applications by four environmental groups — David Suzuki Foundation, Friends of the Earth Canada, Ontario Nature and Wilderness Committee — argue the federal government’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has “engaged in an unlawful course of conduct” by improperly registering or amending the registration for the pesticides...
