Thanks to Mike Christie for the following top 25 quotes on pesticides by Canadian mayors. 
I guess he missed Sam Katz acknowledging that Malathion is carcinogenic.

Top 25 Quotes by Mayors on Pesticides


#25
Michael Elliott (Former Hudson Mayor): It's the first piece of
legislation that totally has banned pesticides and  I think there's
going to be a lot of other communities are going to follow suit.
(Source: April 21, 1994, CTV National News)
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#24
Michael Elliott was the mayor of Hudson when the ban was introduced.
Elliot says he changed his mind after hearing what he calls "horror
stories". "It says on the back of the package, 'If ingested, induce
vomiting.' Now to me that means it's dangerous."
(Source: December 7, 2000, CBC News)
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#23
Fredericton Mayor Les Hull, says he's ready to consider a ban on
pesticides. His remarks come a day after the Supreme Court of Canada
upheld the right of municipalities to regulate pesticides. That will
come as good news to many people in the capital city.
(Source: June 29 2001, CBC Radio)
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#22
Fredericton Mayor Brad Woodside said the use of pesticides is an
important environmental issue. He said it would be better, however, if
the province made the decision rather than leaving it up to each
municipality. "Personally, I would not have a problem with that," he
said about a ban. "I have been using organics on my property now for
the last two or three years. There is an alternative to pesticide and
it works quite nicely."
(Source: March 21, 2007,  The Fredericton Daily Gleaner)
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#21
A motion council passed last year that directs the initiation of a
public process on cosmetic pesticides. "Milton council values public
input on a topic of importance to many residents and businesses in
Milton," said Mayor Gord Krantz. "This is an opportunity for the
public to share their thoughts on this issue."
(Source: March 9, 2007, Milton Canadian Champion)
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#20
Chelsea does not have a municipal water system; residents get their
water from artesian wells.  "When you live on wells, you don't want a
lot of chemicals getting into the groundwater", says Mayor Judy Grant.
"I couldn't imagine anybody being happy to drink the water from a well
knowing their neighbour was using pesticides."
(Source: May 22, 2001, CBC Radio One)
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#19
Waterloo Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft said Waterloo uses next to no
pesticide on parks, but were recently commended for the great
condition of playing fields. Woolstencroft welcomed the court decision
and said she has already been contacted by several people and
committees eager for action. "I think it will be better for air, water
and for the little creatures, birds, small children and cats."
(Source: June 30, 2001, The Kitchener-Waterloo Record)
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#18
The bylaw prohibits the use of pesticides, herbicides and other
chemicals for cosmetic purpose in Port Moody. It is the first such
bylaw to be adopted in Western Canada. Several municipalities are now
following Port Moody's lead by adopting similar legislation. The
Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) is also considering a
similar regulation. "Port Moody is committed to sustainability through
environmental initiatives such as this," said Port Moody Mayor Joe
Trasolini.
(Source: March 27, 2006, City of Port Moody Press Release)
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#17
Montreal mayoralty candidate Gerald Tremblay says he'll ban the use of
pesticides for aesthetic purposes if he's elected.
(Source: October 18 2001, CBC Radio 88.5 FM Live),
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#16
But Toronto's Public Health Department and other physicians backed the
ban. And so did Mayor David Miller. "Pesticides are poisons," he
insists. "They are a health hazard, and we should minimize that health
hazard as much as possible."
(Source: May 20, 2004, Pluse24)
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#15
After the vote, Toronto Mayor David Miller said he was happy with
council's decision. "It's a good bylaw," he told reporters. "It's the
right thing to do from a public health point of view."
(Source: May 21, 2004, Globe and Mail)
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#14
Mayor Camille Belliveau says Shediac town council will consider a ban
on spraying lawn pesticides. "I used to spray my own personal lawn and
office and I stopped about two years ago because when I saw the signs
saying don't do this, don't walk and I saw the poison sign, it started
bothering me."
(Source: March 21, 2002, CBC News)
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#13
"You can't do much with education unless there is regulation and a
bylaw," he said. "I don't think it's fair to this community. If we're
really going to be serious about changing our environmental image, you
have to do it with leadership," Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said. "What
was done tonight is really the status quo."
(Source: June 20, 2006, Sarnia Obsever)
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#12
In fact, the Urban Pest Management Council of Canada says bans are
unnecessary, costly and provide little additional public health
benefits. But, Mayor Mike Bradley holds an opposing view, saying we'll
look back on the controversy a decade from now and wonder what all the
fuss was about.
(Source: February 28, 2007, Sarnia This Week)
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#11
The House of Commons environment committee concluded this summer that
children are particularly vulnerable to pesticides. The committee
urged the federal government to modernize its 30-year-old pesticide
law, specifically by applying today's more stringent standards to all
pesticides approved before 1995.  The committee also supported phasing
out cosmetic use of pesticides. But the government has not acted on
these recommendations, and this upsets Mayor Judy Grant of Chelsea,
Que. "With the election coming up, the government withdrew the law,"
she says. "It doesn't surprise me. They copped out to the chemical
companies."
(Source: November 17, 2000, Capital News Online)
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#10
"I think the time has come that we need to address this issue," Mayor
Dave Ryan said. "But the real issue is that the other levels of
government need to take action." Although Pickering can ban cosmetic
use, Mayor Ryan said they can't stop stores from selling the product.
The latter would be up to other levels of government.
(Source: February 20, 2007, durhamregion.com)
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#9
Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger wants to ban the cosmetic and non-
essential use of pesticides in the city. "(The idea) has been around
for quite some time," Eisenberger told members of the public works
committee this week. "I'm for the banning of unnecessary use of
pesticides. We need to pass a bylaw."
(Source: January 19 2007, Flamborough Review)
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#8
City of Greater Sudbury's Mayor David Courtemanche is supportive. "I
take the concerns of the Public Health Unit very seriously. There is
growing evidence that pesticides are a public health hazard and
municipalities are in a position to address that issue through the
development of not just a bylaw but programs and policies that would
support the reduction if not elimination of pesticides in our
community," said Mayor Courtemanche.
(Source: Northern Ontario.org  http://tinyurl.com/2lwkgd)
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#7
"I can't support the bylaw in its current form," Mayor Karen Farbridge
said  after last night's city council meeting. "And I'm not convinced
the current (draft) bylaw we have addresses the health issue
sufficiently for me." I personally have always been very clear on it
that I would rather see an outright ban," she said."
(Source: March 6, 2007, Guelph Mercury)
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#6
Mayor Karen Farbridge wants a bylaw drafted as soon as possible that
will ban the cosmetic use of pesticides in Guelph. "It's taken a long
time," Farbridge said at a committee meeting yesterday. "The goal now
is to finally move forward."
(Source: March 10, 2007, Guelph Mercury)
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#5
As last night's most outspoken member in favour of a ban, Mayor Sylvia
Sutherland said not everyone will be responsible at first and stop
using cosmetic lawn care products. "We'll go through some agonies like
we did with the smoking bylaw, but we're winning," Sutherland said. "I
don't think any green lawn is worth the health of a person or a pet."
(Source: February 1, 2005, The Peterborough Examiner)
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#4
"Environmental preservation and protection is a top priority for the
Town. Over the past several years, we have virtually eliminated the
use of pesticides on public lands," said Oakville Mayor Rob Burton.
"This is another positive step forward in protecting the health of our
community."
(Source: February 14, 2007, Town of Oakville Press Release)
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#3
"The bylaw is working very well, costs us very little to maintain and
grass is still growing in Hudson," said the Former Hudson, Que., mayor
Michael Elliott, who helped bring in Canada's first municipal
pesticide ban.
(Source: November 22, 2002, The Ottawa Sun)
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#2
Former Hudson mayor Michael Elliott said his municipality adopted the
ban after several children complained of rashes and breathing
problems. "I would hope Ottawa would not be behind small towns like
Chelsea and Hudson," said Elliott.
(Source: November 9, 2005, The Ottawa Sun)
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#1
"I've always considered this whole issue a local issue, and I defended
it even to the highest court on the basis that we are a community and
we have the right to decide what we want in our environment in this
community," said Hudson Mayor Stephen Shaar.
(Source: June 29, 2001, The Ottawa Citizen)