About 200 farmers, including five busloads, arrived at court Wednesday to show their support for the appeal filed by Grain Farmers
of Ontario against new regulations restricting the use of neonicitinoid seed
treatments.
The judges reserved their decision on whether the Ontario
Court of Appeal will consider their request for a hearing.
"We appreciate that the
court is taking the time to consider the significance of this issue," says
Mark Brock, chairman of Grain Farmers of Ontario.
"We are pleased with
today’s outcome and look forward to the decision."
The case was heard by a panel of
justices John I. Laskin, Eleanor Cronk and Bradley Miller.
The grain farmers are asking
that imposition of the regulations be suspended and that the court of appeal
overturn a previous court ruling that approved the regulations.
