Essa calls for province to enact pesticide legislation
by Richard Blanchard

Essa council has called on the province government to consider enacting provincial legislation regarding the use of pesticide and herbicides in built up areas.

Councillor Sandie Macdonald said at last week's council meeting that she has already received requests from local residents for restrictions on their use for this coming year.

Mayor Dave Guergis said that the situation seems similar to the demand for restrictions on smoking which were presented to municipalities a few years ago.

"We saw all these municipalities introduce anti-smoking legislation piece meal and then the province introduced a province wide bill," he said.

He said that it would be better for the province to do a uniform bylaw covering all municipalities.