Cosmetic Pesticide Usage on Private Properties

WHEREAS the use of pesticides pose a potential risk to the environment and human health and the application of non-essential cosmetic pesticides is purely for aesthetic purposes only; AND WHEREAS the Spheres of Concurrent Jurisdictions Environment and Wildlife Regulation limits the regulation or prohibition or cosmetic pesticides to residential properties or land vested in the municipality only: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Provincial Government of British Columbia be requested to amend the applicable sections of the Spheres of Concurrent Jurisdictions Environmental and Wildlife Regulation to allow local governments to regulate, prohibit and impose requirements in relation to cosmetic pesticides on all private lands; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a province-wide prohibition on use of cosmetic pesticides be supported through amendment of the BC Integrated Pest Management Act.