IN N AN AIMO , B RIT ISH C OL UMBIA

NANAIMO IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY ON

VANCOUVER ISLAND IN BRITISH COLUMBIA,
CANADA. IT HAS A POPULATION OF ALMOST
80,000. IT HAS BEEN DUBBED THE « BATHTUB
RACING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD » AND « HAR-
BOUR CITY ».

NANAIMO IS ALSO SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS

THE « HUB CITY » BECAUSE OF ITS CENTRAL
LOCATION ON VANCOUVER ISLAND, AND DUE TO
THE LAYOUT OF THE DOWNTOWN STREETS
WHICH FORM A « HUB » PATTERN. IT IS ALSO
FONDLY KNOWN AS THE « HUB, TUB, AND PUB
CITY » BECAUSE OF ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE
BATHTUB RACING AND THE NUMEROUS « WATER-
ING HOLES » IN OLD NANAIMO. IT IS THE SEAT
OF THE REGIONAL DISTRICT OF NANAIMO.

NANAIMO IS ALSO AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS

« THE HUB OF ENVIRONMENTAL TERROR ON
VANCOUVER ISLAND ».

THE NANAIMO TOWN COUNCIL IS GENERALLY

INFESTED WITH ENVIRO–MANIAC–ACTIVISTS.
SOME OF THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, SUCH AS
NANAIMO NEWS BULLETIN, ARE ALSO COR-
RUPTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL–TERROR.

THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTAL–TERROR–

ORGANIZATIONS OPERATE IN NANAIMO ―
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY, PESTICIDE ABA-
TEMENT OR PESTICIDE ACTION NANAIMO, AND
PESTICIDE FREE BC.
C RITICS QUESTION BAN ON PESTICIDES
CHEMICALS NIXED IN WAR ON WEEDS

M AY 4 T H , 2009

D EREK S PALD ING

N A NA IM O D A ILY N E WS

Customers continue to buy pesticides from lawn and garden centres

throughout N A NA IM O , most of them unaware of the city’s decision
to ban chemicals used to kill weeds, insects and fungi. Once the
regulations are introduced [ ... ], N A NA IM O residents have about
one more year before staff implement the bylaw, allowing for an in-
tensive education [ i.e. coercion ] campaign to help lawn lovers tran-
sition to more ecological solutions.

The [ conte mptible and radical ] C ANAD IA N C ANCER S OC IET Y ’s cam-

paign to get municipalities across the country to ban such chemi-
cals instigated the resurrection, which received wide support from
N A NA IM O ’s [ enviro– maniac ] politicians.

Though there has been no direct evidence linking pesticides to dis-

eases in humans, an increasing number of [ enviro–maniac ] studies
support such findings, according to health and environmental [ ter-
ror ] groups.
 The public questions why prohibition
targets homeowners, while golf courses
remain free to use whatever they like

N A NA IM O will join at least 18 other B.C. municipalities that have

banned pesticides as the province, some believe, slowly builds to-
ward a provincial ban, similar to those adopted in Q UEBEC and O N-
TAR IO .

But such political decisions comes down to poorly planned public

policy, according to pesticide PROPONENTS .

Within N A NA IMO , residents question why the laws target homeown-

ers, while businesses owners, such those who operate GOLF
COURSES , remain free to use whatever they like.

Professional lawn and garden care employees will also feel an im-
pact, but most companies rarely use pesticides, while others have
already transitioned to ecologically– friendly products.

Two business owners are already predicting the ban will hurt their
business because organic products simply do not work as well.

« I started out 100% organic about five years ago, but because I
was expected to bring home money, I switched to ( selective
pesticide use ), » said B LAKE H O W E , of B UMBLE B EE L AW N C ARE .
 One to two years after prohibition,
Professional Lawn Care Companies lose
half their clients when the weeds return

« I was losing half my clients after a year or two when the weeds
return. If there is a ban, I will have to change my business. »
[ According to Blake Howe ]

Industry experts recently spoke out about municipal and provincial

bans on pesticides in C A NA DA .

Q UEBEC has already banned the use of pesticides and O NT AR IO

plans to do the same. [ Govern ment officials in Ontario now fa ce
charges of FRAUD and CONSP IRAC Y ! ]

The federal government backed up Q UEBEC when D O W A GRO-

S C IENC ES threatened to sue under the N OR TH A MER IC AN F RE E
T RADE A GREEMENT for the economic hardship caused by the prov-
ince's ban on lawn pesticides containing 2,4–D.

Business owners large and small will feel the impact.

O PPONENTS of pesticides have argued that the chemicals are poten-

tially harmful and therefore should be banned. They argue that
regulators refuse to remove the chemicals off the market because of
the economic impact. [ W rong ! ]
 Most communities introduce prohibition
without consulting a single pesticide expert

Supporters, however, question the precautionary approach taken by

[ enviro–maniac ] health and environmental lobbyists because stud-
ies HAVE NOT shown the connection between pesticide use and hu-
man disease.

Without the concrete evidence, some groups have turned to a pleth-

ora of supportive studies and public opinion, as in the 2008 I PS OS
R E ID poll conducted for the B.C. and Yukon division of the [ con-
te mptible and radical ] C ANAD IAN C A NCER S OC IET Y .

That survey showed that most B R IT ISH C OLUMBIAN S supported

provincial legislation to restrict pesticide use. [ These were DOC-
TORED POLLS that were both and paid for by Environmental–Terror–Orga-
nizations ! ]

All–out bans, however, should not appear until the proof is in, ac-
cording to L OR NE H EPWORTH , president of C ROP L IFE C AN AD A , the
trade association that represents manufacturers, developers and
distributors of pesticides.

Most communities introduce bans WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH A SIN-

GLE PESTICIDE EXPERT , he said. Those officials subscribe to the PES-
TICIDE scare that has grown in recent years.
 Without conventional pest control products,
there are no other tools to combat weeds

Prohibition affects the same products that

are used in agricultural production

« The irony of all this : The ban affects the same products that
farmers use, » he said. « So we have politics trumping good
science as a basis for public safety and the environment. »

N A NA IM O lawn and garden professionals use very little pesticides,

according to at least three local companies.

P ROWE ST S ER V ICE S owner S TE VE C LARK said pesticides make up

1% of his business, but without the ability to use pesticides, when
all else fails, he has no tools to combat weeds.

« It won't bother us a whole lot, but our homeowners will go back

to pulling out weeds by hand, » C LARK explained.

« The ban should be against homeowners who aren't certified,

not against us, who are licensed. »

Residents could be left defenceless against invading weeds and in-

sects, which could be perceived as unfair, unless the city takes a
similar approach to pesticide use.
 There are no organic selective herbicides,
and there is nothing that will kill just
the weed and not the grass

R ICHAR D N URM I lives on M ARLBO ROUGH D RIV E in the D EP ARTURE

B AY area. Though he avoids chemical use on his lawn, he used to
spray the large red oak in his front yard every year to get rid of tent
caterpillars that swarm the towering tree.

In recent years, he started cutting off branches consumed by the

pesky critters and burning them, but he still sprays his apple,
cherry, walnut and plum trees. N URM I questions why politicians
would target residents, while managers of GOLF COURSES can use
chemicals on their grounds.

Pesticide users, however, could be without any options, according

to H OWE , who had to move from his organic model in order to keep
a strong clientele base. People want to use whatever is safest, but
eventually they need to use a product that works, he explained.

« There is no organic selective herbicide. They talk about horti-

cultural vinegar and they talk about fatty acid spray. But there is
nothing that will kill just the weed and not the grass, » he said.

« I know I won't do as much business with organic. As someone

who's been there, it's not a great thing for lawn–care companies. »
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WILLIAM H. GATHERCOLE IS A PRINCIPAL FOUNDER OF THE MODERN PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE I NDUSTRY IN BOTH ONTARIO AND
QUEBEC. HE HOLDS A DEGREE IN HORTICULTURE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, AND ANOTHER PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE
DEGREE FROM MCGILL UNIVERSITY. HE HAS WORKED IN VIRTUALLY ALL ASPECTS OF THE GREEN SPACE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING
GOLF AND PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE, AND HAS SERVED IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, WORKPLACE SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL COM-
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THOUSANDS OF PEST CONTROL APPLICATIONS IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE. HE HAS TRAINED, INSTRUCTED, AND CONSULTED WITH
THOUSANDS OF TURF MANAGERS AND TECHNICIANS. M R. GATHERCOLE HAS ALSO BEEN AN AGRICULTURAL AGRONOMIST. FOR
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