ONTARIO BEEKEEPERS SUING NEONICOTONOID MANUFACTURERS

It is unfortunate that neither our governments not their regulatory bodies are capable or willing to do their jobs. Yesterday the Sierra Club released a media release stating that the Ontario Beekeeper Association has filed a lawsuit against two manufacturers of "bee killing nicotonoid pesticides". The Director of the Sierra Club has indicated that the Ontario Beekeepers attempted to work with their provincial and federal government to no avail. Regarding the regulatory body, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA); John Bennet of the Sierra Club stated that in a meeting with them "...it became clear that the PMRA is infused with inertia and has no sense of urgency."

The lawfirm employed is Siskinds LLP who specialize in class action lawsuits. Once again it is a systemic failure with our governments and regulatory system when citizens must rely upon extremely slow and expensive courst to obtain relief from polluters with a financial incentive to continue their polluting ways.