Registration of Pesticides and the Competitiveness of Canadian Farmers

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Subject: Registration of Pesticides and the Competitiveness of Canadian Farmers
Date:    Wed, 15 May 2002 14:04:30  -0400
From:      Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization:     Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)

To:     Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
          Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation 

cc:    Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov

Registration of Pesticides and the Competitiveness of Canadian Farmers

Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food
http://www.parl.gc.ca/InfoComDoc/37/1/AGRI/Studies/Reports/agrirp22-e.htm

Charles Hubbard, M.P.
Chair
May 2002
Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food

The House of Commons standing committee on agriculture and agri-food tables its report on the registration of pesticides and the competitiveness of Canadian farmers

Ottawa, 8 May 2002 - Mr. Charles Hubbard, Chair of the House of  Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, tabled in  Parliament today the Committee's report on how the registration of  pesticides in Canada may affect the ability of farmers to compete.

"Agriculture is a very competitive sector and our farmers, when on a  level playing field, are efficient and can compete.  However, in some sectors such as horticulture, it appears that Canadian farmers do not  have access to the same safe and effective pest management tools as their competitors, particularly American producers," said Mr.  Hubbard.  "The Standing Committee made four recommendations to help  the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to achieve its goal, which is  to protect human health and the environment while supporting the competitiveness of agriculture and other resource sectors," added Mr.  Hubbard.

The report is entitled "Registration of Pesticides and the  Competitiveness of Canadian Farmers," and is available on the  Parliament of Canada's Web site: www.parl.gc.ca.  Copies can also be  obtained by contacting the Clerk of the Standing Committee:

Suzanne Verville
Clerk of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food
House of Commons
180 Wellington Street, Room 633
Ottawa  K1A 0A6
E-mail:     agri@parl.gc.ca
Telephone: (613) 947-6732
Facsimile: (613) 996-1962

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