Ontario STILL APPROVED Chemical Forestry while hiding behind Health Canada’s 2017 glyphosate decision, even after the 2026 Seattle Statement on Glyphosate and Public Health warned about new evidence of serious health risks beyond cancer, and a major Monsanto-ghostwritten glyphosate “safety” review was retracted in 2025. And this is not only about glyphosate. Ontario also approves triclopyr and other herbicides to kill natural forest regrowth.
This is the Blame Circle ⭕️: Health Canada registers the chemicals and points to Ontario. Ontario allows the spraying and points back to Health Canada. Companies point to provincial approvals, and foresters point to government policy. Everyone passes responsibility while Chemical Forestry continues.
Ontario banned many cosmetic pesticide uses in 2009 but exempted forestry. That exemption is a political choice, and Ontario can remove it.
After all the new science, the court challenges, the Monsanto ghostwriting scandal and decades of non-consent, Ontario is still spraying. How can “cost-effective” outweigh science, public safety, Indigenous rights and the living forest? Use the actions below to demand an end to Chemical Forestry.
1. Send a Notice of Non-Consent to Ontario
Tell Ontario’s Ministers to heed Canada’s 1999 warning, protect our forests, waterways, wildlife and people from further chemical exposure, and END Chemical Forestry.
2. Email Your MPP – Member of PROVINCIAL Parliament
Ask your MPP where they stand. Will they call for an end to Chemical Forestry and support a permanent transition to non-chemical forest management?
3. Email Your FEDERAL MP
Tell your MP to challenge the federal approval shield, heed Canada’s 1999 warning, and oppose replacing one forestry herbicide with another.
4. Put Regional Foresters on Notice
Contact the professional foresters signing off on regional spray plans. They continue approving Chemical Forestry despite generations of Indigenous opposition, growing municipal opposition, public non-consent, ecosystem and wildfire risks, and Canada’s 1999 warning. Glyphosate is not settled: Health Canada’s 2017 decision remains under legal challenge, newer science raises serious concerns beyond cancer, and a major Monsanto-linked safety review was retracted in 2025. With the OPFA Indigenous Peoples, Lands and Resources Standard now in effect, professional foresters must consider current science, Indigenous jurisdiction and the public interest, not simply say they are following provincial policy.
The Ontario Ombudsman REFUSES REVIEW, and sends us around the Blame Circle. ⭕️
5. Check Where Your Municipal Council Stands
Use the Municipal Tracker to see where your council stands – whether they supported the Stop the Spray resolutions, debated them, or quietly filed them away instead of taking action.
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