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ACTION ALERT RALLY TUESDAY, APRIL 28 AT 1:30 PM IN FRONT OF THE LEGISLATURE BUILDING The PEI Conservative government, in cahoots with the Liberal Party, is attempting to ram a "Right to Farm" Bill through the legislature as quickly as possible. The public has not been given the opportunity to examine this totally regressive bill and to comment on it before it is made law. The bill was drafted by the PEI Federation of Agriculture's hired guns and is part of the Federation's agenda to intimidate and silence the public, and to support corporate industrial agriculture. If the bill is passed, people will not be able to go to the law to seek compensation for damages caused by NORMAL farm practices until they first appear before a farmer dominated board. Anyone complaining about a NORMAL farm practice will be told to get lost. Pesticide spraying is a NORMAL farm practice. The legal use of agricultural pesticides results in spray drift contaminating other people's bodies and property, and groundwater. The farmer dominated board will have the discretion to dismiss any complaint if, in it's opinion, the complaint is "frivolous, vexatious or trivial". The PEI Federation of Agriculture supports pesticide spraying and considers human health information brought forward by environmentalists to be fearmongering. This bill will receive second reading on Tuesday. If this bill is passed, it will be one more nail in the coffin for human and environmental justice in this province, and a victory for corporate agribiz. Earth Action is circulating a petition against this Farm Practices Act and it will be presented to the Legislative Assembly by Herb Dickieson on Tuesday afternoon. WE NEED YOUR SIGNATURE. There are petitions at the Root Cellar and the Voluntary Resource Council to sign. Can you take a petition and gather some signatures before Tuesday at 1:30? We cannot do this alone. Your help is critical. Do not let this bill pass without a show of public opposition. Petition and rally against injustice. For petition forms or more information contact: Sharon Labchuk Earth Action 621-0710 slabchuk@isn.net
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