Tuesday April 2, 2013. Ottawa. Today, the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network released a new report documenting the means by which genetically modified (GM) alfalfa will contaminate non-GM alfalfa and hay crops in Ontario, if GM alfalfa is released in Eastern...
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...
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...
Published in the Watershed Sentinel – March/April 2013 By Lucy Sharratt, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network GM crop technologies are failing. Genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) herbicide tolerant and insect resistant crops are failing to...