Noel Knockwood, Mic Mac spiritual leader, speaks in favour of banning pesticides. He then asks everyone to join in a sacred prayer. Then students and activists step forward to speak. A pest is something humans don't want around. I'm here today on behalf of 45,000 postal workers across Canada.
Pesticides can cause sterility and cancer.
Aside from health risks to humans, pesticides also threaten the health of household pets, says student Rebecca Horan. When we lived in Winnipeg I used to walk my dog Max quite a bit. Max was poisoned by the pesticides and got really sick. He died shortly after. The group has been studying the ill-effects of pesticides for two years.