By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, November 25, 2014
The provincial government wants to cut the use of a class of pesticides linked
to mass bee deaths by 80 per cent within three years, it announced Tuesday,
starting with new rules for corn and soybean farmers in 2016. Plans for the
restrictions drew immediate condemnation from both grain farmers and pesticide
makers, who say they’ll reduce the productivity of Ontario farms and worsen
other kinds of pollution as farmers revert to older, less efficient ways of
controlling insects. via
Farmers warn of losses as province moves to restrict bee-killing insecticides
| Ottawa Citizen.