New Report Shows Repeat Spraying of BC and New Brunswick Forests, Contrary to Federal Approval Raising risks to Indigenous people, others who eat forest food   TORONTO, March 28, 2025  — A new report shows pesticides are sprayed on Canadian forests up to 7 times in the forestry cycle, not just once – as assumed in Health […]

          Spring 2025 To: Minister of Health, Honourable Marjorie Michel hcminister.ministresc@hc-sc.gc.ca, marjorie.michel@parl.gc.ca Re: Cancel Approval of Glyphosate for Forestry Use  We are Canadian organizations and Indigenous peoples concerned about the spraying of pesticides on our forests. A new report, Forest Spraying & Forest Food, shows the assessments for the use of […]

"Trust us, we got it right" isn't good enough. Safe Food Matters and friends won in the glyphosate product renewal case, when on February 18 the Federal Court uled that the renewal of a pesticide product used in forestry and agriculture was not reasonable because Health Canada's decision-making was not adequate.

On January 22, 2025, Safe Food Matters will be in court again, fighting over glyphosate. Our original – still ongoing -lawsuit was about Health Canada’s decision to register glyphosate (“Registration Decision”), and this one is about the 5 year renewal of a product that contains the pesticide. Details on how to attend in person or […]