Press Releases
Canada’s Parliament to Vote on Mandatory Labelling for GM Foods
May 15, 2017. On Wednesday, May 17th, Members of Parliament will vote on Private Member’s Bill C-291 for mandatory labelling of genetically modified (GM) foods. “Labelling is necessary for transparency and traceability in our food system,” said Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network. “Canadians want to know where GM foods are in their grocery stores.” Polls over twenty years consistently show that over 75 percent of Canadians want GM foods labelled.
World’s first GM fish factory could be in Canada
April 26, 2017 – The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN), Ecology Action Centre, and GMO Free PEI have become aware of an application to the Prince Edward Island government from the biotechnology company AquaBounty that reveals the company’s intention to raise genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) Atlantic salmon in PEI. If approved, this would be the world’s first GM fish factory.
Corporations in the Classroom: Groups alert Ministers to GM product placement disguised as education
March 5, 2017. Charlottetown. Growing concern over corporate marketing for a genetically modified (GM) apple in a March 7 webinar for high-school students has led groups to write a joint letter to provincial Ministers of Education, asking them to remove this product placement from the classroom.
Groups warn of corporations promoting genetically modified products in schools this March
Friday, March 3, 2017. Charlottetown – Today, the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, Kids Right to Know, the Council of Canadians and Earth Action PEI are alerting teachers and students about corporate public relations inside “Agriculture in the Classroom” activities, in particular a webinar on March 7 to promote a recently approved genetically modified (GM) apple.
Parliamentary Committee Recommends More Regulatory Transparency and Independent Research on Genetically Modified Organisms
Tuesday, December 13, 2016. Ottawa. Agriculture Committee recommends transparency in regulation, against transparency in the marketplace The House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food is recommending greater transparency in the regulation of...
Bayer’s Takeover of Monsanto Triggers Anti-Competition Fears: Groups in Canada request Competition Bureau review
Thursday September 15, 2016. Ottawa. Reports that Bayer has confirmed its $66-billion takeover of Monsanto are triggering concerns over increased corporate control in the seeds and pesticides markets from groups monitoring the impacts of genetically engineered crops...
Health Canada Approves First GM Fish Amidst Environmental and Transparency Concerns
May 19, 2016. Ottawa. The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN), Ecology Action Centre, Living Oceans Society and the Quebec network Vigilance OGM are expressing concerns over Health Canada’s approval of the world’s first genetically modified (GM) food animal,...
Nouveau sondage : les Canadiens sont très préoccupés par les OGM et veulent l’étiquetage obligatoire
Le 29 septembre, 2015 (Ottawa) – Un sondage national mené par Ipsos Reid à la demande du Réseau canadien d’action sur les biotechnologies (RCAB) révèle que 88 % des Canadiens veulent que les aliments génétiquement modifiés (GM) soient étiquetés. Sur plus de 1000...
Canada Close to Allowing Unapproved GM Food Contamination in Imports
July 7, 2015. Ottawa. The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) has denounced the federal government’s proposal to allow exceptions to Health Canada’s safety assessment of genetically modified (GM) foods. The new policy would accept a “low level presence” (LLP)...
Les cultures génétiquement modifiées nuisent à l’environnement, selon un nouveau rapport
22 mai, 2015. On vend 130 % plus d’herbicides au Canada depuis l’approbation de cultures GM.
