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Intelligence at the lower levels of government, at least in some jurisdictions, finally forced Ontario to adopt non-smoking laws province-wide, which are about to come into effect.

All of Ireland is already there!

Now the parallel battle has moved to pesticides.

The latest local skirmish took place around Oak Lake, just south of Stirling, where concerned residents forced backward politicians to examine the evidence and pass a bylaw banning the use of cosmetic pesticides in that part of Quinte West.

This is quite an accomplishment considering QW is one of the last stubborn holdouts in the no-smoking wars.

When Councillor Sally Freeman said, “Oak Lake needs protecting.

There is poison going into the lake which causes harm.

We need to get a bylaw as soon as possible.” the illustrious Mayor Bob Campney retorted, “Peanut butter is deadly to some people, but it is still on the market.

Why is that any different?

”… well, there it is, dare I say, “In a nutshell.”For the record: “On November 18, Canada’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal of Toronto’s pesticide law by pesticide manufacturers, who charged that it illegally duplicated existing legislation.

Toronto’s ban, passed in 2003, forbids the so-called cosmetic use of pesticides and lays out fines for scofflaws.“The court action reinforces the idea that local governm...

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