Cynthia Dunsford, MLA

Stratford-Kinlock, PEI

Safe Lawns for PEI

Published in April 12th, 2010

Posted by Cyn in children, community, environment, family, health, legislation, nature, photos

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PEI has a decent start to a Province-wide lawn pesticide ban. There is more work to do with the regulations, but for now let’s start learning about the safe ways to take care of our lawns. Safe Lawns dot org is a great resource, and in fact, Paul Tukey, founder of Safe Lawns dot org, [...]

A natural approach to keeping the perfect lawn

Published in May 27th, 2009

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May 26, 2009 The Londoner Local News A natural approach to keeping the perfect lawn With Ontario’s new cosmetic pesticide ban now in effect business and homeowners alike are looking for alternatives when it comes to maintaining their lawns. One option is exchanging old chemical maintained lawns for grass more accepting of natural alternatives, an [...]

DOWning NAFTA?

Published in May 4th, 2009

Posted by in environment, health, legislation, safety

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from Investment Treaty News By Howard Mann, Senior International Legal Advisor to the International Institute for Sustainable Development 2 May 2009 On 31 March 2009 Dow AgroSciences LLC, a subsidiary of the U.S. Dow Chemical Company, initiated its NAFTA Chapter 11 arbitration against Canada due to the banning of cosmetic lawn chemicals in the province [...]

Cosmetic Pesticides, an idea whose day has gone.

Published in March 9th, 2009

Posted by Cyn in community, environment, health, legislation, nature, photos

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ISLANDERS CAN REJOICE! PEI will be among the other leaders in Canada. Leaders….not followers. Quebec, Ontario and now PEI, with New Brunswick ready to make the change soon. There are many people on PEI who have been working so hard for a long period of time toward this end. Congratulations to all those groups [...]

One Parent for Choice

Published in February 19th, 2008

Posted by Cyn in children, community, education, family, legislation, parenting

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What will PEI do…

Published in January 25th, 2008

Posted by Cyn in education, environment, health, legislation

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PEI’s Legislative Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Environment will hear from more groups on the motion to make recommendations on implementing a province-wide ban on cosmetic pesticides. The Committee will then write a report. What would you like to see in the report? Food for thought… The Province of Ontario will soon be implementing [...]