Groups applaud MPs for moving Bill C-474 to Committee for study Ottawa. Thursday, April 15, 2010 – Last night, Parliament passed Private Members Bill C-474 through second reading, in spite of intense pressure from the biotech industry. The Bill, which would require...
Mardi, le 16 mars 2010 – Demain, le Parlement du Canada débattra du projet de loi d’initiative parlementaire C-474, qui exige « avant de permettre la vente de toute nouvelle semence transgénique, que soit menée une analyse du risque potentiel pour les marchés...
Halifax, Thursday, March 11, 2010 – The corporate sponsor of this week’s Brier, biotechnology company Monsanto, is under intense scrutiny from environmental, consumer and farmer groups in Nova Scotia, and across Canada and the world. “Many curling fans might be...
Canadian Farm and Consumer Groups Urge U.S. Department of Agriculture to Stop Monsanto’s New GE Seed Saskatoon, March 3, 2010 – Today a number of prominent Canadian farmer and consumer groups urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) not to permit the...
Montréal, le mardi 9 février 2010 – C’est d’une voix commune que 233 associations de consommateurs et d’agriculteurs, réparties dans 26 pays, déclarent aujourd’hui leur opposition au blé génétiquement modifié (OGM). Cette annonce fait suite à la signature de la...
Challenge approval of new eight-trait GM “SmartStax” corn Friday, October 16, 2009 – Today Canadians opposing Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) crops will join the first “International Day of Action Against Multinational Corporations” that has been initiated...
