Press Releases
Media Background: GM Foods
Media Background: GM Foods
Media Background: GM Foods
BC Opposition to GM Apple Mounts
Petition Presented in Provincial Legislature March 12. Kelowna. Today, Lana Popham, MLA for Saanich South and BC NDP Agriculture Critic, presented a petition in the British Columbia Legislature with 5536 signatures representing 19 BC communities, asking the House to...
Changes to GM Food Safety Regulation Debated
Proposal for “Low Level Presence” would remove Health Canada from safety evaluation of some GM foods March 7, 2013. Ottawa. Today, a representative of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, Coordinator Lucy Sharratt, told the House of Commons Agriculture and...
Islanders Say No to GM Salmon
Thursday 28 February 2013 GM Opponents ask Premier to Ban GM Salmon Egg Production in PEI Charlottetown – Islanders Say No to GM Salmon is calling on Premier Ghiz to ban the production of genetically modified (also known as genetically engineered or GE) Atlantic...
Global Growth of GM Crops Overblown: ISAAA yearly report misleads, says CBAN
February 25, 2013 Today, the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network responded to the newly released annual ISAAA (International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications) report on the global adoption of genetically modified (GM also called genetically...
Des groupes dénoncent l’autorisation de cultures génétiquement modifiées pour résister au 2,4-D
les cultures GM augmentent l’utilisation des pesticides Québec, 19 novembre 2012 — Aujourd’hui, des organisations de la société civile de tout le pays dénoncent l’autorisation des premières cultures génétiquement modifiées (GM) résistantes au 2,4-D au Canada....
Quotes from Transcripts of CSTA Coexistence Workshop
A Sample of Quotes from Transcripts of CSTA Coexistence Workshop “Developing a Coexistence Plan for Alfalfa Hay in Eastern Canada”, October 24, 2012, Kitchener-Waterloo Click here to view the full proceedings. The meeting minutes also note: “Some participants in all...
Farmers Protest “Industry Spin” Designed to Facilitate Licensing of GM Alfalfa in Ontario
Policy of coexistence of GM alfalfa is “utterly absurd", say local farmers. NATIONAL FARMERS UNION Grey County Local 344 and Region 3 (Ontario) (Kitchener) – Today farmers and consumers are protesting industry plans to prepare for the release of genetically modified...