New Brunswick needs to impose further restrictions on the spraying of glyphosate, and N.B. Power should phase out using it altogether, says a legislative committee on climate change and environmental stewardship.
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Posted: Jun 25, 2021 6:54 PM AT | Last Updated: June 25
Steve Ginnish referenced the discoveries of what are believed to be almost 1,000 unmarked graves at two former residential schools, one in Kamloops, B.C., and the other in the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan.(Government of New Brunswick)
The final day of hearings into New Brunswick s use of glyphosate took an emotional turn Friday when a member of the Eel Ground First Nation appeared before the committee.
Steve Ginnish, director of forestry for Eel Ground-based Mi gmawe l Tplu taqnn Inc., noted he was a late addition to the hearings agenda. We were not initially invited to participate in the hearings but felt it was important and necessary for you to hear an Indigenous perspective, so we asked to be added to the witness list, Ginnish said.