July 29, 2010
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Events
Montreal Urgent Action: Friday June 4 Solidarity with Haiti’s Farmers
Union Payasanne, Action SOS Haiti, and the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network call on people in Montreal to gather outside the Haitian Consulate to express solidarity with Haitian peasant groups who are rejecting Monsanto’s donation of hybrid corn seeds. Haitian peasant farmers will march Friday June 4 in Haiti and are asking groups around the world to “Struggle Against Monsanto and its associates.
DATE: Friday, June 4, 2010
TIME: 10:00 AM
LOCATION: 1100, Boul. René Lévesque Ouest (corner of René Lévesque and Peel – Station Bonaventure)
This is a symbolic action in solidarity. A delegation will deliver a letter to the Haitian consulate in support of the farmers’ concerns.
Solidarity actions were called for by the Haitian Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) and supported by La Via Campesina. Check here for more information.
Kootenay Co-op August 17, 2010
On Tuesday August 17, 1% of all your purchases at the Kootenay Co-op Store go to CBAN!
Start your shopping list now! Mark your calendar and get ready to shop for a GE-Free world! Please come out to support CBAN and a great local business. Thank you to the Kootenay Co-op!
The World According to Monsanto - see the NFB list of other film screenings. Contact CBAN to obtain the film and organize a screening in your area. Check out the trailer and excerpts from the film at the NFB site.
Click here to download a small handout on Monsanto and what you can do, for audiences at your screenings.
Past Events
Stay tuned for web broadcast of:
The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network Expert Lecture Series presents:
Unsafe Genetically Modified Corn? Canada's lack of assessment for Monsanto's "SmartStax" GM corn
Come and hear what the experts have to say about the problems with Canada's regulation of GM foods.
Featuring preeminent scientists:
Dr. Michael Hansen, Consumers Union, US
Dr. Ricarda Steinbrecher, Federation of German Scientists
with Dr. Peter Andree, Carleton University, on Canadian regulation
Moderator: Lucy Sharratt, Coordinator, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network
Tuesday, December 1st 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Saint Paul University Amphitheatre, Ottawa
223 Main Street (side door off parking lot)
Suggested Donation $10. Everyone Welcome. Wheelchair Accessible.
There is stark disagreement on how to assess the safety of Monsanto’s new eight-trait GM corn called “SmartStax”. Health Canada did not assess “SmartStax” corn for human health safety because it does not classify “SmartStax” as a “Novel Food” - this is because they have already approved the eight GM traits individually in separate crops.
Does Health Canada need to assess the safety of this stacked trait GM food? Is Health Canada contradicting the UN international Codex food safety guideline?
For more information: Lucy Sharratt 613 241 2267 ext. 6 info@cban.ca www.cban.ca/corn
Cross-Canada Events April 28 - May 2, 2008
Crops, Cars & Climate Crisis / Nourrir le monde ou les voitures?
The global impacts of growing biofuels on food, farmers and human rights / Les impacts croissants des agrocarburants sur l'agriculture, les communautés agricoles et les droits humains.
Featuring speakers from Colombia, Mexico, Mali, Argentina, Paraguay, the Philippines, the US and the UK.
The corporate "agrofuels" gold-rush has ignited a major global conflict. La ruée vers l’or des « agrocarburants » génère une crise globale. Find out why...
Free Admission. Everyone Welcome. All Venues are wheelchair accessible / Entrée libre. Bienvenue à toutes et à tous. Accessible aux fauteuils roulants.
Monday April 28 – Charlottetown
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Georgian Room, the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, 75 Kent St.
Featuring:
- Soledad Vogliano, CEPPAS, Argentina
- Marilyn Machado, Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN), Colombia
- Devlin Kuyek, GRAIN, Montreal, Canada
- Helena Paul, EcoNexus, United Kingdom
- Sharon Labchuk, Earth Action, Charlottetown, Canada
Monday April 28 – Saskatoon
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
The Roxy Theatre, 320 20th St. West
Featuring:
- Darrin Qualman, National Farmers Union, Saskatoon, Canada
- Ditdit Pelegrina, SEARICE, Philippines
- Pat Mooney, ETC Group, Ottawa, Canada
- Javiera Rulli, Base Investigaciones Sociale, Paraguay
Tuesday April 29 – Halifax
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Potter Auditorium, Faculty of Management building, Dalhousie University, 6100 University Ave
Featuring:
- Soledad Vogliano, CEPPAS, Argentina
- Marilyn Machado, Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN), Colombia
- Devlin Kuyek, GRAIN, Montreal, Canada
- Helena Paul, EcoNexus, United Kingdom
- Sharon Labchuk, Earth Action, Charlottetown, Canada
Tuesday April 29 – Winnipeg
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, 3rd Floor Centennial Building, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Ave
Featuring:
- Darrin Qualman, National Farmers Union, Saskatoon, Canada
- Ditdit Pelegrina, SEARICE, Philippines
- Pat Mooney, ETC Group, Ottawa, Canada
- Javiera Rulli, Base Investigaciones Sociale, Paraguay
Wednesday April 30 avril Mercredi – Ottawa
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson Avenue / Centre Bronson, 211, av. Bronson
Traduction simultanée fournie sur place.
Featuring:
- Peter Rosset, Center for the Study of Rural Change in Mexico
- Alberto Gomez, Via Campesina, Mexico
- Javiera Rulli, Base Investigaciones Sociale, Paraguay
- Ditdit Pelegrina, SEARICE, Philippines
- M.C.: Darrin Qualman, National Farmers Union, Saskatoon, Canada
Thursday May 1 mai – Montreal
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Centre 7400, 7400, Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montréal, QC
français, English, español - Bring identification and come early to get your translation device
Featuring:
- Ousmane Samake, Institut de Recherche et de Promotion des Alternatives en Développement , Mali
- Peter Rosset, Center for the Study of Rural Change in Mexico
- Alberto Gomez, Via Campesina, Mexico
- Marilyn Machado, Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN), Colombia
- Devlin Kuyek, GRAIN, Montreal, Canada
For more information contact info@cban.ca 613 241 2267
Presented by /Une présentation de: Beyond Factory Farming, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, ETC Group, Food Action Committee-Ecology Action Centre Halifax, Inter Pares, National Farmers Union, Partnership Africa Canada, P.E.I Coalition for a GMO-Free Province, The Ram's Horn, Union Paysanne, USC Canada.
With:
In Prince Edward Island: Council of Canadians PEI Chapter, Earth Action, PEI Coalition for a GMO Free Province, PEI Health Coalition
In Halifax: Food Action Committee-Ecology Action Centre
In Winnipeg: Development and Peace, KAIROS, Manitoba Council for International Cooperation, Organic Food Council of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg Environmental Studies Program. With poster printing donated by the Canadian Union of Public Employees Manitoba.
In Saskatoon: Beyond Factory Farming, Oxfam Canada Prairie Region, USC Canada
In Montreal: Greenpeace, Union Paysanne
In Ottawa: Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, Carleton PIRG, ETC Group, Inter Pares, OPIRG Ottawa University, USC Canada. With poster printing donated by the National Union of Public and General Employees.
P.E.I Biofuels Plant Under Fire at Agriculture Committee Hearing: Plant would create new market for Monsanto's genetically engineered sugar beet
At the World Forum on Food Sovereignty, recently held in Mali in Africa, we and other delegates discussed how capital has manipulated terminology by adding the prefix “bio”, which signifies life, to renewable plant-based fuels. This is ridiculous, because all living things are “bio”. We could call ourselves bio-people, bio-John Smith, bio-soya, etc. Companies use the prefix “bio” to encourage the public to see their products as a good thing, as politically correct. So, at the international level, Vía Campesina has agreed to use more accurate terminology. These fuels and energy are produced from agricultural crops and so the correct terms are agrofuels and agro-energy.
- João Pedro Stedile is one of the leaders of the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), Brazil’s Landless Movement
Click here for more information on agrofuels or contact coordinator@cban.ca 613 2412 2267
