My expectations were around being with the bees.
I knew that part of the day, we were going to have a special beekeeping exercise
and I knew nothing about bees.
So, I was like, “Oh, I feel a bit like I should get more information 
and start to know what’s going to happen.”
My name is Richard Gagnon and I participated in 
the Day of a Life of a pesticide compliance officer.
I had the pleasure to spend the day with Michael. 
Michael is very passionate about what he’s doing.
He knows pesticide, he knows all the technical terms.
He knows how to explain them to someone like me who had no 
knowledge about it, make it sounds real and interesting.
You need to have strong technical knowledge,
but I think you need to be passionate and dedicated. 
They have three things they’re paying attention to: 
what’s the harm, what’s the intent, and what’s the knowledge of the person.
And those three principle are really guiding 
whatever they’re doing during the day.
I had many favourite moments during the day,
but the one that stood out the most is probably the first time 
where I opened the beehives and seeing between 15-to- 20,000 bees 
all interacting together in that small environment.
One of the important factor of that job is to keep us safe.
Getting close to Canadian and really serving the people,
that’s a strong aspect of what they’re doing and that,
for me, it’s a big motivator.
So, being able to work on that field on a daily basis 
would be something amazing.
My impression of the experience is just… 
I found the work of a pesticide compliance officer awesome.
They really have an impact on our day-to-day life. 
The work they’re doing is amazing.
It’s not only research, it’s not only lab work, but it leads to something.
