Overview
Because of Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION in the PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry were DESTROYED.
Because of the 2004-2006 PROVINCIAL PROHIBITION in Quebec, OVER 60 PER CENT of the businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry were ANNIHILATED, and HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES DISAPPEARED INTO TOTAL OBLIVION.
Six years after PROHIBITION, the remaining businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry in Quebec have LOST UP TO 70 PER CENT OF THE BUSINESS THEY ONCE HAD.
Up To 70 Per Cent Of Remaining Lawn Care Business DESTROYED
The town of Hudson, Quebec was the first municipality in North America to PROHIBIT lawn and garden pesticides in 1991.
Twenty years later, has much changed ?
What are the by-laws and loop-holes pertaining to Montreal ?
What can stores sell and what is legal to apply to our own home lawns, do golf courses and farms have special permissions ?
Do citizens still want perfectly manicured lawns even if that means using pesticides, or has the dandelion hatred faded over the years ?
According to Peter Paliotti who has owned the Envirolawn lawn care business for 15 years ―
All you see is dandelions.
I can’t lie to customers.
I have to tell them I can control their weeds a little bit but I can’t get rid of them in a month like I used to be able to.
Like many home-owners and landscapers, Paliotti is frustrated with the strict PESTICIDE PROHIBITION we now have in Montreal.
In the industry for 30 years, he said he has LOST UP TO 70 PER CENT OF THE BUSINESS HE ONCE HAD.
In 1991, Hudson, Quebec became the first municipality in North America to PROHIBIT lawn and garden pesticides.
The PROHIBITION was challenged in court and in 2001 the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the Town of Hudson.
After the ruling, many municipalities across Canada followed suit.
In 2004, Montreal adopted a pesticide by-law which ( mostly ) PROHIBITS the use of really toxic pesticides outdoors.
While pesticides have not been PROHIBITED outright in Montreal, use has been limited, and a number of products were removed from store shelves.
There are also a few exceptions to the by-law, which include golf courses and farms.
Six years after the 2004-2006 QUEBEC PROHIBITION, the remaining businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry LOST UP TO 70 PER CENT OF THE BUSINESS THEY ONCE HAD.
It is INCONGRUOUS to believe that jurisdictions like Ontario will not suffer the same fate by 2015, especially with greater restrictions than Quebec.
By 2015, six years after the 2009 ONTARIO PROHIBITION, the remaining businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry WILL LOSE UP TO 70 PER CENT OF THE BUSINESS THEY ONCE HAD.
Background Information from an Independent Perspective
Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION in the Province of Quebec
On April 3rd, 2004, the Government of Quebec ARBITRARILY IMPOSED the NEEDLESS, SENSELESS, and MALICIOUS PROHIBITION against pest control products used in the Urban Landscape, such as 2,4-D Herbicide.
The legislation was IMPOSED by 2006 despite the fact that the PROHIBITED pest control products were/are HEALTH-CANADA-APPROVED, FEDERALLY-LEGAL, SCIENTIFICALLY-SAFE, PRACTICALLY-NON-TOXIC, and CAUSE NO HARM.
Because of the 2004-2006 PROVINCIAL PROHIBITION in Quebec, OVER 60 PER CENT of the businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry were ANNIHILATED, and HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES DISAPPEARED INTO TOTAL OBLIVION.
Six years after the 2004-2006 PROHIBITION, the remaining businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry in Quebec LOST UP TO 70 PER CENT OF THE BUSINESS THEY ONCE HAD.
In 2009, Dow AgroSciences sought a REPEAL of Quebec’s Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION by INITIATING A LEGAL CHALLENGE against the Canadian federal government under the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ).
On May 25th, 2011, the LEGAL CHALLENGE WAS SETTLED, and the Government of Quebec was HUMILIATED INTO PUBLICLY ADMITING that « 2,4-D DOES NOT POSE AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK to human health or the environment ».
Quebec was the first province to declare weed control products containing 2,4-D as POSSIBLY carcinogenic, which has now been DEEMED AS FALSE.
Dow AgroSciences’s LEGAL CHALLENGE demonstrated that pest control products are SCIENTIFICALLY SAFE and Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITIONS are IRREFUTABLY INVALIDATED.
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC – VICTORY AGAINST TERRORISTS – DOW DEFEATS BAN ( Report )
Background Information from an Independent Perspective
CARNAGE Caused By BUSINESS FAILURES
Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION Destroyed the Professional Lawn Care Industry
CARNAGE caused by BUSINESS FAILURES ― Because of Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITIONS, businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry were DESTROYED.
Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITIONS result in CATASTROPHIC CARNAGE caused by BUSINESS FAILURES, BAN FAILURES, GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES, STUNNINGLY EXORBITANT COSTS, HORRIFIC FINES, and even ILLNESS and DEATH.
Because of Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITION, provinces like Ontario now have a TRAIL OF ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION WITH HUNDREDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES DESTROYED and THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT OF WORK, a MORE DANGEROUS OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT, and a BLACK MARKET IN PESTICIDES.
CARNAGE CAUSED BY CATASTROPHIC ANTI-PESTICIDE PROHIBITION ( Web-Page )
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – LIVING IN ENVIRONMENTAL INFAMY ( Web-Page )
PESTICIDE BANS ARE A FARCE ( Report )
The DEVASTATION of the Professional Lawn Care Industry was EXTENSIVE because there were NO valid economical alternatives to replace the prohibited products.
Consequently, businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry were INCAPABLE of providing adequate weed and insect control, and were UNABLE to keep their customers satisfied.
GREEN ALTERNATIVES … BOGUS & DISMAL FAILURES ( Web-Page )
Summary of CATASTROPHIC CARNAGE caused by BUSINESS FAILURES ―
● Anti-Pesticide PROHIBITIONS DESTROYED the businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry in several jurisdictions across Canada.
CARNAGE LEADING TO BUSINESS FAILURES ( Web-Page )
● BRITISH COLUMBIA ― Because of the IMMINENT 2012-2013 PROVINCIAL PROHIBITION in British Columbia, ALL businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry have STAGNATED, and, because of LOCAL MUNICIPAL PROHIBITIONS, many businesses have LOST OVER 40 PER CENT OF THEIR CUSTOMERS.
PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA – CONSPIRACY TO PROHIBIT PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE ( Web-Page )
PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA – SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON COSMETIC PESTICIDES ( Web-Page )
● ONTARIO ― Because of the 2009 PROVINCIAL PROHIBITION in Ontario, businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry LOST OVER 500,000,000 DOLLARS, with up to 12,500 UNEMPLOYED.
● ONTARIO ― In Ontario, ONE-BUSINESS-PER-WEEK DISAPPEARS INTO TOTAL OBLIVION, and, by 2012, HALF THE BUSINESSES CLOSED THEIR DOORS.
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – LIVING IN ENVIRONMENTAL INFAMY ( Web-Page )
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO – 2011 POLL REGARDING PROHIBITION ( Web-Page )
● QUEBEC ― Because of the 2004-2006 PROVINCIAL PROHIBITION in Quebec, OVER 60 PER CENT of the businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry were ANNIHILATED, and HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES DISAPPEARED INTO TOTAL OBLIVION.
● QUEBEC ― In Quebec, those businesses that survived PROHIBITION, by 2012, LOST OVER 70 PER CENT OF THEIR BUSINESS.
FORCE OF NATURE — CARNAGE — 2011 06 03 — BUSINESS FAILURE — MONTREAL, QUEBEC — PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE INDUSTRY IN QUEBEC LOST UP TO 70 PER CENT OF THE BUSINESS IT ONCE HAD ( Report )
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC – VICTORY AGAINST TERRORISTS – PERMITTED ACTIVE INGREDIENTS – HISTORY OF ANTI-PESTICIDE PROHIBITION ( Report )
● HALIFAX ― Because of the 2000 MUNICIPAL PROHIBITION in Halifax Regional Municipality, businesses operating in the Professional Lawn Care Industry LOST OVER 50 PER CENT OF THEIR CUSTOMERS.
PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY — FIESTA HERBICIDE PROHIBITED — HISTORY OF ANTI-PESTICIDE PROHIBITION ( Report )
For the original copy of this Force Of Nature Report, go to the following link …
NORAHG has archived more information on The Pesticide Truths Web-Site …
THE PESTICIDE TRUTHS WEB-SITE
CARNAGE CAUSED BY CATASTROPHIC ANTI-PESTICIDE PROHIBITION ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO BAN FAILURES – FAILURE OF ORGANIC PESTICIDE-FREE MAINTENANCE ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO BUSINESS FAILURES ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO DEATH – MAN DIES BECAUSE OF PROHIBITION – ONTARIO – 2011 07 10 ( Report )
CARNAGE LEADING TO GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES ( Web-Page )
CARNAGE LEADING TO GARBAGE DUMP GREEN SPACES ( Photo Gallery )
CARNAGE LEADING TO HORRIFIC FINES – ONTARIO PESTICIDE BAN – 2012 05 14 ( Report )
CARNAGE LEADING TO STUNNINGLY EXORBITANT COSTS ( Web-Page )
PESTICIDE BANS ARE A FARCE ( Report )
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