This past week the committee appointed by the provincial government released its report. Go to Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides report for the full report (or read the Executive Summary at the beginning of the full report for the quick and dirty version)
This particular "e-consultation" generated the most submissions ever to a BC parliamentary committee with 8600 groups and individuals participating. Over 7000 e-questionnaires were submitted and almost 5,000 supported a ban on the sale and use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes. The committee came up with 17 recommendations that include restricting the sale and use of Commercial-class pesticides, better enforcement, and better training and public education related to pesticide use.
I realize I am just plagiarizing the report so maybe it is better you go and read it. Reading between the lines a bit I would guess that the Liberals do not support a provincial ban since the Executive Summary references a split along "party lines over the justification for a province-wide ban on the cosmetic use of pesticides" and a majority of the committee members were from the Liberals.
At present, golf course will not be influenced negatively by the 17 recommendations. Stay tuned. We see what the next election brings.
With respect to the course I need to explain that I am not doing any updates because nothing is going on but because a tonne of stuff is going on. Spring is busy with training staff and getting the course ready. I hope to play catch up so keep checking back. Topics I want to cover include the progress on the range, review of our fungicide "trials", and a discussion about how the course recovered from winter including WTFrig is up with the upper putting green.
