The federal government registers the chemicals. Provinces allow their use. Forestry companies choose them. Professional foresters sign off. Everyone points somewhere else while Chemical Forestry continues.
When people demand an end to Chemical Forestry, every decision-maker points somewhere else:
Health Canada says provinces decide whether to spray.
Ontario points to federal pesticide registration.
Forestry companies point to provincial approvals.
Foresters point to government policy.
Oversight bodies say they cannot review policy decisions.
Federal registration does not require Ontario to spray public forests. Ontario chose to exempt forestry from its cosmetic pesticide restrictions and continues approving herbicide use in public-forest management. Forestry companies carry out the plans, and professional foresters sign off on them.
In July 2026, MPP Bill Rosenberg’s response showed the Blame Circle in writing: he relied on Health Canada’s disputed 2017 glyphosate decision while acknowledging that Ontario policy allows forestry herbicide use but does not require it.
For decades, the public was told glyphosate posed “no unacceptable risk.” That defence is no longer enough. Health Canada’s 2017 re-registration remains under legal challenge, a major Monsanto-linked glyphosate “safety” review was retracted, and newer science has raised serious concerns extending far beyond cancer.
Everyone in the Blame Circle has responsibility. Pressure every decision-maker until Chemical Forestry ends.
Choose Your Province to Take Provincial Action
British Columbia / New Brunswick / Nova Scotia / Alberta / Ontario
In Ontario, last year’s MPP Email campaign began on April 12, 2025 and ended in March 2026. Public pressure was strongest where communities and municipalities are now standing with decades of Indigenous leadership.
The top three MPP email recipients were:
- Vic Fedeli MPP (Nipissing) – 276 emails
- Billy Denault MPP (Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke) – 201 emails
- Bill Rosenberg MPP (Algoma–Manitoulin) – 106 emails
Minister Mike Harris replied to Indigenous Action Canada. His reply is included here. (He received only 5 emails through the MPP campaign because his riding is in urban Kitchener, though he was cc’d on every email as Minister of Natural Resources.)
Their replies all reveal the Blame Circle: click ►👉🏻 to read the replies and results
👉🏻 Reply #1 – Minister of Natural Resources – Mike Harris’ Reply to Indigenous Action Canada
Indigenous Action Letter found here – stopthespraycanada.ca/indigenous-action-canada
Takeaway: This is the blame circle in writing. Indigenous Action Canada raised concerns about glyphosate-based herbicides, and Ontario’s response was to say forest licence holders can choose their own vegetation-control methods under approved forest management plans, while the province hides behind PMRA registration as if that equals consent, safety, or justice. After nearly 40 years of formal Indigenous opposition to chemical herbicide spraying in forests, this is not consultation. It is the province admitting the system is designed to protect the spraying, not the people, forests, waters, wildlife, or Indigenous rights being harmed by it.
👉🏻 Reply #2 – MPP Vic Fedeli – Nipissing District
Takeaway: This is the blame circle in writing. MPP offices say herbicides are “allowed, but not required,” which means every spray season is a choice. Ontario approves the system, forest licence holders choose the poison, Health Canada defends the chemical, and residents are sent in circles while forests, watersheds, wildlife, workers, Indigenous territories, and nearby communities carry the risk. And if the sprayed area is supposedly so small, less than 0.2% of Ontario’s managed forest, then why is the government fighting so hard to protect the practice instead of ending it?
👉🏻 Reply #3 – Bill Rosenberg’s Reply – Algoma-Manitoulin
Takeaway: In this reply, the MPP’s office does not commit to stopping chemical herbicide spraying. Instead, it repeats Ministry talking points, points to Health Canada’s glyphosate registration, and tells concerned residents to contact the licence holder if they want alternatives. That is the blame circle: Ontario approves the system, companies choose the spraying, Health Canada registers the chemical, and the public is told to chase everyone else. That is not accountability. That is how the spraying keeps going.
👉🏻 Reply #4 – Billy Denault’s Office Reply – Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke
Takeaway: Ontario says chemical herbicide spraying is “allowed, but not required,” then points at forest companies because they carry out the spraying. Forest companies point back to government-approved forest management plans. Ontario points to Health Canada because the chemical is registered. Health Canada points back to the province because forestry is provincially managed. Everyone has an excuse, no one takes responsibility, and the forests, watersheds, wildlife, forest foods, workers, Indigenous territories, and nearby communities are left carrying the real risk. That is not accountability. That is a blame circle built around poison.
👉🏻 TOTAL RESULTS OF ONTARIO’S 2025 EMAIL CAMPAIGN – 111 MPPs Emailed. 1632 Emails Sent
- Allsopp, Tyler ~ 33
- Anand, Deepak ~ 6
- Armstrong, Teresa ~ 9
- Babikian, Aris ~ 3
- Bailey, Bob ~ 7
- Begum, Doly ~ 5
- Bell, Jessica ~ 1
- Bethlenfalvy, Peter ~ 7
- Blais, Stephen ~ 10
- Bouma, Will ~ 5
- Bourgouin, Guy ~ 12
- Bowman, Stephanie ~ 1
- Brady, Bobbi Ann ~ 8
- Bresee, Ric ~ 19
- Burch, Jeff ~ 2
- Calandra, Paul ~ 2
- Cho, Stan ~ 3
- Ciriello, Monica ~ 2
- Clancy, Aislinn ~ 5
- Clark, Steve ~ 19
- Coe, Lorne ~ 7
- Collard, Lucille ~ 5
- Cooper, Michelle ~ 3
- Crawford, Stephen ~ 10
- Cullins, Ryan ~ 1
- Cuzzetto, Rudy ~ 8
- Darouze, George ~ 5
- Denault, Billy ~ 201 🥈
- Dixon, Jess ~ 2
- Dowie, Andrew ~ 4
- Downey, Doug ~ 19
- Dunlop, Jill ~ 16
- Fairclough, Lee ~ 1
- Fedeli Vic ~ 276 🥇
- Fife, Catherine ~ 2
- Flack, Rob ~ 12
- Ford, Doug ~ 45
- Fraser, John ~ 5
- French, Jennifer ~ 6
- Gates, Wayne ~ 5
- Gelinas, France ~ 70
- George Pirie ~ 1
- Gilmore, Alexa ~ 1
- Glover, Chris ~ 2
- Gretzky, Lisa ~ 4
- Gualtieri, Silvia ~ 5
- Hardeman Ernie ~ 12
- Harris, Mike ~ 5
- Holland Kevin ~ 16
- Hsu, Ted ~ 8
- Jones, Sylvia ~ 16
- Jones, Trevor ~ 5
- Jordon, John ~ 35
- Kernaghan, Terence ~ 5
- Khanjin, Andrea ~ 3
- Kusendova, Natalia ~ 1
- Leardi Anthony ~ 5
- Lecce, Stephen ~ 7
- Lennox, Robin ~ 4
- Lumsden, Neil ~ 5
- Mulroney, Caroline ~ 7
- Mamakwa, Sol ~ 2
- McCarthy, Todd ~ 3
- McCrimmon, Karen ~ 7
- McGregor, Graham ~ 3
- McKenney, Catherine ~ 12
- McMahon, Mary-Margaret ~ 6
- Oosterhoff, Sam ~ 4
- Pang, Billy ~ 2
- Parsaco, Michael ~ 1
- Pasma, Chandra ~ 14
- Piccini, David ~ 7
- Pierre, Natalie ~ 4
- Pinsonneault, Steve ~ 5
- Pirie, George ~ 20
- Quinn, Nolan ~ 13
- Racinsky, Joseph ~ 4
- Rae, Mathew ~ 6
- Rickford, Greg ~ 19
- Riddell, Brian ~ 3
- Rosenberg, Bill ~ 106 🥉
- Sattler, Peggy ~ 2
- Scott, Chris ~ 9
- Scott, Laurie ~ 9
- Schreiner, Mike ~ 8
- Sabawy, Sheref ~ 1
- Sarrazin, Stephane ~ 11
- Saunderson Brian ~ 8
- Shamji, Adil ~ 3
- Shaw, Sandy ~ 4
- Skelley, Donna ~ 7
- Smith, Dave ~ 12
- Smith Graydon ~ 69
- Smith, Laura ~ 2
- Smyth, Stephanie ~ 4
- Stevens, Jennifer ~ 10
- Stiles, Marit ~ 6
- Surma, Kinga ~ 3
- Tabuns, Peter ~ 3
- Tangri, Nina ~ 4
- Tibollo, Michael ~ 4
- Thanigasalam, Vijay ~ 1
- Thompson, Lisa ~ 7
- Triantafilopoulos, Effie ~ 2
- Vickers, Paul ~ 9
- Vanthof, John ~ 92
- Vaugeois, Lise ~ 17
- Watt, Tyler ~ 6
- West, Jaime ~ 62
- Williams, Charmaine ~ 3
- Wong-Tam, Krystin ~ 4
