The Coalition for a Healthy Ottawa

    Doug Thompson: Hypocrisy Councillor
   Failed to Vote for a Pesticide Bylaw

And by so doing, rejected calls for a pesticide bylaw from:
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario / CHEO,
- Ontario College of Family Physicians,
- Canadian Cancer Society,
- Ontario Public Health Association,
- Registered Nurses Association of Ontario,
- Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
   (and many other medical specialists, too many to list here)

City Council Hall of Shame (those who didn't support a strong pesticide bylaw):

Rainer Bloess	Glenn Brooks	Rick Chiarelli	Diane Deans
Jan Harder	Gord Hunter	Doug Thompson **
Eli El-Chantiry	Rob Jellett	Shawn Little	Maria McRae

= Hypocrisy Councillor: On December 18, 2002, these members of city council supported the motion stating that if pesticide reduction targets were not met by 2005, then they would direct City Staff to draft a bylaw to be adopted in 2005. They then failed to vote on Oct. 26, 2005 in support of the Health, Recreation, Social Services (HRSS) Committee recommended pesticide bylaw or the Nov. 9, 2005 compromise pesticide by-law (hence hypocrisy)

= Failed to vote in support of the Oct. 26, 2005 Health, Recreation, Social Services (HRSS) Committee recommended pesticide bylaw or the Nov. 9, 2005 compromise pesticide by-law.

** Doug Thompson was not in attendence at City Council to vote on Oct. 26, 2005.  However, on Nov. 9, 2005 he failed to vote for a pesticide bylaw that would have protected the health of Otttawa citizens.