TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Your Standing Committee on INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS presents the following as its First Report. Meetings Your Committee met on May 26, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in Room of the Legislative Building. Matters under Consideration • Bill (No. 55) – The Environment Amendment Act (Reducing Pesticide Exposure)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'environnement (réduction de l'exposition aux pesticides) Committee Membership • Mr. EICHLER • Mr. FRIESEN • Mr. GAUDREAU • Hon. Ms. HOWARD • Hon. Mr. MACKINTOSH • Mr. MARCELINO • Mr. MARTIN • Mr. NEVAKSHONOFF • Mr. PEDERSEN • Mr. SARAN • Ms. WIGHT Your Committee elected Mr. GAUDREAU as the Chairperson. Your Committee elected Mr. MARCELINO as the Vice - Chairperson. Public Presentations Your Committee heard the following presentations on Bill (No. 55 ) – The Environment Amendment Act (Reducing Pesticide Exposure)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'environnement (réduction de l'exposition aux pesticides): Gideon Forman Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment Justin Duncan Ecojustice Mariah Mailman CMCM - Concerned Mothers Coalition of Manitoba Melissa Atkins Private Citizen Adrienne Percy Private Citizen Brian Chorney Manitoba Canola Growers Association Jane Seniw Private Citizen Grant Shewfeld Manitoba Weed Supervisors Association Josh Brandon Private Citizen Steve Rauh Private Citizen Amanda Kinden Green Action Centre Michelle McNeill Private Citizen Samantha Braun Private Citizen Sig Laser Private Citizen Melinda German Manitoba Beef Producers James Battershill Keystone Agricultural Producers Ken Guilford Private Citizen Delaney Ross-Burtnack Canadian Association of AGRI Retailers David Hinton Landscape Manitoba Melanie Sourisseau Private Citizen Erin Crawford Canadian Cancer Society, Manitoba Office Ken Wiebe Private Citizen Natalie Reimer Anderson Private Citizen Danielle Sanderson Private Citizen Written Submissions Your Committee received the following written submissions on Bill (No. 55 ) – The Environment Amendment Act (Reducing Pesticide Exposure)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'environnement (réduction de l'exposition aux pesticides): Doug Dobrowolski Association of Manitoba Municipalities Lise Smith Private Citizen Frank B. Reddick Turf Logic Inc. Kathleen Cooper Canadian Environmental Law Association Elizabeth Chrumka Canadian Organic Growers Mary Robinson Council of Canadians-Winnipeg

Chapter Tim Gray Environmental Defence Doris Grinspun Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario Jodie Harpe-Lesperance Private Citizen Kristina N. Hunter The Cosmetic Pesticides Working Group of the Manitoba Round Table on Sustainable Development Anne Lindsey Private Citizen Bill Considered and Reported • Bill (No. 55) – The Environment Amendment Act (Reducing Pesticide Exposure)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur l'environnement (réduction de l'exposition aux pesticides) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. Submitted by, _______________________________ Mr. Dave G AUDREAU, Chairperson May 26, 2014