Pesticide Ban - new provincial law

New legislation from the Ontario Government the Cosmetic Pesticide Ban Act will take the place of existing municipal pesticide by-laws (in the case of Oakville, it is the Pesticide By-Law 2007-123). This new legislation updates the existing Pesticides Act and Ontario Regulation 63/09 and comes into force on April 22. Read more about it on the website of the Ministry of the Environment. This includes regulatory requirements for retailers and the landscape industry as well as rules for golf courses, agriculture and forestry.