The organisation representing the province's grain farmers is not impressed with the two latest additions to the Ontario Pesticide Advisory Committee.
Ontario Beekeepers Association President Tibor Szabo and board member Jim Wilson were added to that committee this week.
Grain Farmers of Ontario says Szabo has a clear bias against pesticides used by farmers to combat pests and protect their yields.
GFO argues the appointments show Environment and Climate Change Minister Glen Murray wants to surround himself with people who are as anti-agriculture as he is.
Chair Mark Brock suggests it's not appropriate for someone calling for a ban on pesticides to reasonably evaluate those important tools.
The evaluation of new and existing pesticides is part of the mandate of that provincial committee.
Brock is urging the Premier to get control of Murray's agenda before family farming and grain farming in Ontario suffer devastating consequences.
