Industry group drops legal challenge of pesticides rules in Quebec municipalities
CityNews Montreal
2026.07.23
A group representing Quebec’s ornamental horticulture industry is dropping a legal challenge against rules restricting the use of pesticides in five municipalities.
The Association des services en horticulture ornementale du Québec, a group representing over 100 businesses, many of which provide decorative or aesthetic services for lawn-care and greenspaces, said it wants to collaborate with municipalities, not take them to court.
“We simply want to bring the dialogue back” to the issue, said Jean-Luc Poirier, administrative coordinator of the association.
The association had filed a request for judicial review at the Quebec Superior Courtto contest the new pesticide regulation in the municipalities of Saint-Hyacinthe, Granby, Beauharnois, Bromont and Plessisville.
A group representing Quebec’s ornamental horticulture industry is dropping a legal challenge against rules restricting the use of pesticides in five municipalities.
The Association des services en horticulture ornementale du Québec, a group representing over 100 businesses, many of which provide decorative or aesthetic services for lawn-care and greenspaces, said it wants to collaborate with municipalities, not take them to court.
“We simply want to bring the dialogue back” to the issue, said Jean-Luc Poirier, administrative coordinator of the association.
The association had filed a request for judicial review at the Quebec Superior Courtto contest the new pesticide regulation in the municipalities of Saint-Hyacinthe, Granby, Beauharnois, Bromont and Plessisville.
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