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Adjournment Proceedings

This late-night adjournment debate was about changes to Canada’s pesticide rules made through Bill C-30, which allows cabinet to override decisions by the Minister of Health and the pesticide regulator in certain circumstances. Elizabeth May of the Green Party asked why the government moved ahead with these changes, saying the law lets cabinet set aside health officials’ decisions on dangerous pesticides without hearing scientific witnesses, and that Canada’s pesticide rules are already weaker than those of the European Union and Brazil, which she said has led the EU to reject some Canadian crops. She argued rules should be strengthened so farmers can sell crops internationally. Maggie Chi, a Liberal parliamentary secretary, said health and safety remain the top priority, and described the bill as letting Health Canada consider the economy and food supply alongside health, with any emergency pesticide use being temporary, strict, and limited to major disruptions like crop failures. The exchange stayed on this back-and-forth about the pesticide provisions.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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