Neonics have been used for between 10 and 13 years in the province of Ontario, or since Diazinon Lindane officially came off the market in 2004. As I said, most of it was probably off the market by 2001. We've been using neonics since that time, in both Ontario and Quebec.
There is seed available from seed companies. Actually, I checked with the company in my hometown on the weekend as to whether they make totally untreated seed available, and they do. They told me that the ordering or the uptake from farmers who would want untreated seed was less than 1% of their seed orders.
It is very common practice, and what we would consider a necessary part of our business decisions in terms of planning our crop.