Canada's Bill C-30 grants cabinet power to authorize banned pesticides for food security
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Marina von Stackelberg
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The Canadian federal government has passed Bill C-30, granting cabinet the power to authorize the use of banned or unsafe pesticides for economic or food security reasons, overriding Health Canada's safety assessments. The legislation allows the government to bypass standard regulatory processes to protect harvests and strengthen food sovereignty, raising concerns about public health and environmental safety.
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A spokesperson for the federal health minister says new powers to use banned pesticides were given to cabinet to protect 'successful harvests' and strengthen 'food sovereignty.'
The federal government has brought in major changes to how pesticides are regulated in Canada, granting cabinet the power to authorize the use of pesticides — even ones that Health Canada has deemed unsafe.
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