Where our forest is being sprayed this summer:

If you live in New Brunswick you can view a map to see where your forests are getting sprayed this year.

The map showing where the forests will be sprayed with herbicides during summer 2020 is now available.

Forestry companies spray large swaths of clearcuts with products containing glyphosate — a chemical linked to cancer and a slew of other health problems — beginning in August and continued through September.

The full 2020 spray map is available at forestinfo.ca, a partnership between government and the forestry industry. If you want to know if your community, favourite walking trail, or summer swimming hole is near a spray site you’ll have to zoom in on the map until herbicide spray zones appear.

Our team is poring over the map to help New Brunswickers identify the major spraying hotspots this summer. We will update this page with maps of concerning spraying hotspots. Stay tuned.

Where our forest is being sprayed this summer: If you live in New Brunswick you can view a map to see where your forests are getting sprayed this year.The map showing where the forests will be sprayed with herbicides during summer 2020 is now available.Forestry companies spray large swaths of clearcuts with products containing glyphosate — a chemical linked to cancer and a slew of other health problems — beginning in August and continued through September.The full 2020 spray map is available at forestinfo.ca, a partnership between government and the forestry industry. If you want to know if your community, favourite walking trail, or summer swimming hole is near a spray site you’ll have to zoom in on the map until herbicide spray zones appear.Our team is poring over the map to help New Brunswickers identify the major spraying hotspots this summer. We will update this page with maps of concerning spraying hotspots. Stay tuned.Read More

Ontario government’s Bill 195: On behalf of Canada’s nurses, I would like to express my grave
concerns with your government’s Bill 195. While your government moves to
reopen the province, it is working to strip nurses and other frontline
workers of their constitutionally enshrined rights. This is simply
unacceptable.

If passed, Bill 195 would allow employers to override collective
agreement provisions and the grievance arbitration procedure for
Ontario’s frontline workers. The very workers your government has
depended on to bring us to the possibility of reopening the economy are
the ones being thrown under the bus through this proposed legislation.
It is appalling that the rights of these workers are at stake –
especially at a time when they are being rightfully touted as heroes and
heroines.

It is difficult to comprehend the degree of stress nurses and other
health care workers are currently under. Over the course of the
pandemic, I have heard regularly from nurses about having to sleep in
their basement after working a double shift, being deprived of the
chance to spend time with loved ones. They are terrified of contracting
the virus and are deeply frustrated by the lack of PPE made available in
their workplaces.

Ontario government’s Bill 195: On behalf of Canada’s nurses, I would like to express my grave
concerns with your government’s Bill 195. While your government moves to
reopen the province, it is working to strip nurses and other frontline
workers of their constitutionally enshrined rights. This is simply
unacceptable.If passed, Bill 195 would allow employers to override collective
agreement provisions and the grievance arbitration procedure for
Ontario’s frontline workers. The very workers your government has
depended on to bring us to the possibility of reopening the economy are
the ones being thrown under the bus through this proposed legislation.
It is appalling that the rights of these workers are at stake –
especially at a time when they are being rightfully touted as heroes and
heroines.It is difficult to comprehend the degree of stress nurses and other
health care workers are currently under. Over the course of the
pandemic, I have heard regularly from nurses about having to sleep in
their basement after working a double shift, being deprived of the
chance to spend time with loved ones. They are terrified of contracting
the virus and are deeply frustrated by the lack of PPE made available in
their workplaces.Read More