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What's up with HRM Council? If I still lived in Halifax, I think I'd be on the phone to my municipal Councillor ... asking WHY s/he met behind closed doors with the world's largest lawn pesticide company ... and WHAT they talked about. I think Haligonians have a right to those answers from your elected representatives. You're paying their salaries! ~paul This email has been sent to you by pfalvo@chebucto.ca The following is a news item posted on CBC NEWS NOVASCOTIA at http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_scottlobby20030207 ________________________________________________________________________ PESTICIDE MAKER URGES CITY COUNCIL TO DROP BAN WebPosted Feb 7 2003 08:51 AM AST HALIFAX - The world's largest lawn care company is trying to stop Halifax municipal councillors from banning pesticides. A lobbyist with the Ohio-based Scott company met with regional councillors Thursday behind closed doors. Halifax is banning lawn pesticides, the first such ban in the country. <UL><LI><FONT SIZE="1">From July 13, 2000 - </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://cbc.ca/storyview/CBC/2000/07/12/pesticides000712" onClick="openWindow(this,'links')">Halifax to ban lawn chemicals </A></FONT></UL> Scott is one of the biggest players in the garden chemicals business. The company sold about $2 billion worth of garden products last year, including the widely used weed killer Roundup. "It's not about money," says Jill Fairbrother representing the Scott company. "It's about the regulatory framework." Some of the councillors who met with Scott say they want to keep the existing no-spray zones for those with pesticide-related medical problems, but they don't want to see a wider ban. "I think a total ban is a breach of democracy," says councillor Gary Hines. But some councillors question Thursday private meeting, and say it should never have taken place. "Here we have a company that has a lot of money at stake," says Sue Uteck. "Now they are lobbying councillors behind closed doors. I don't think it's the appropriate procedure." Support for lawn spraying in the city area is declining. According to a poll conducted by the Halifax Regional Municipality last fall, only seven per cent of Halifax residents still use chemical sprays. Ottawa, Toronto and several other Canadian cities are considering pesticide bylaws similar to the one in Halifax. Halifax's bylaw goes into effect April 1, 2003. Copyright © 2003 CBC All Rights Reserved -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SUST-MAR TIP: tell your friends how to join sust-mar! To join, just send "subscribe sust-mar" to majordomo@chebucto.ca CBC enviro news-briefs follow: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SCHOOL BOARD PAYS PARENTS TO SHUTTLE KIDS Some parents in southwest Nova Scotia are being paid to drive their children to school in another county. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_barrington20030211 FISHERMAN, EXXON BATTLE OVER COMPENSATION FOR LOBSTER LOSSES The world's largest oil company and its partners drilling off Nova Scotia are fighting a lobster fisherman over $3,100. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_exxoncourt20030210 FUEL COSTS HEAT UP IN CAPE BRETON The price of home heating oil in Cape Breton has reached a record high. A litre now costs 60.9 cents, not including tax. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_cbheatingoil20030210 OPPOSITION, BACKBENCHERS WANT DEBATE ON IRAQ Opposition members of Parliament and even some Liberal backbenchers want more debate on Canada's role in a possible war in Iraq. FULL STORY: http://cbc.ca/stories/2003/02/11/iraq_vote030211© Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Copyright CBC 2003
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