Kate Kerr

Letter from New Brunswick - What a Mum Does

In 1970s New Brunswick, a nine-year-old girl wakes to World War II bomber planes roaring over her house. Their “bombs” are pesticides. Their "targets," spruce budworm. But children playing in the schoolyard are hit too. Listen as Kate Kerr describes how her mother and other concerned parents kept the minister of the environment locked in their sights.

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