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Ms. Que Banh<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AlisonCreekside</span></a></span> It's been a very long fight to try &amp; get it banned. Katrine Conroy approved it to be used again before she was moved out of portfolio into different ministry.<br>This site is important for <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/StopTheSpray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSpray</span></a> movement in BC:<br><a href="https://stopthespraybc.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">stopthespraybc.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>*We have a similar longtime movement in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> for same government approved aerial herbicide toxic spraying issue <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopTheSprayBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSprayBC</span></a> *</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmentalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalists</span></a> have denounced the practice of aerial <a href="https://beige.party/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicide</span></a> spraying on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/forestlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forestlands</span></a> for decades. This year, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> groups in Northern <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> have announced a ban on blanket herbicide use, while in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a>, residents have resorted to peaceful <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a> to enforce their own ban.</p><p>The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ForestIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestIndustry</span></a> routinely dumps tons of chemicals like <a href="https://beige.party/tags/glyphosate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glyphosate</span></a>, the main ingredient in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Roundup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roundup</span></a> weedkiller, on logged areas to kill off naturally-regenerated trees and shrubs in favour of commercial <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TreeFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreeFarms</span></a>. The problem is, these herbicides are <a href="https://beige.party/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lethal</span></a> to frogs, lizards, and salamanders. They wipe out <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MedicinalPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicinalPlants</span></a> and berry bushes that Indigenous people and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> rely on. Glyphosate, a suspected <a href="https://beige.party/tags/carcinogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carcinogen</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/contaminates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contaminates</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a> far and wide through indiscriminate spraying.</p><p><a href="https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/spray-down/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">watershedsentinel.ca/articles/</span><span class="invisible">spray-down/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopTheSpray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSpray</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GreedKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreedKills</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BanCorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanCorporateLobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ForestryReformNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestryReformNow</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@SinclairLewis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SinclairLewis</span></a></span> Not these days. Especially in BC where our <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NewDeathParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewDeathParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDP</span></a> government appreciate <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/glysophate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glysophate</span></a> spraying to increase timber sales while killing off tons of native trees, plants &amp; basically decimating more biodiverse ecosystems. The toxic spraying affects insects/invertebrates/mycelium life too. More toxic spraying = less bees as well. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/StopTheSpray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSpray</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>