Published in British Columbia Organic Grower, The Journal for the Certified Organic Associations of BC (COABC), Winter 2019. By Lucy Sharratt, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network For 20 years, the world’s biggest seed and pesticide companies have profited...
Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Halifax – The company AquaBounty has announced that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change has approved the production of genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) Atlantic salmon at a site in Prince Edward Island (P.E.I)....
March 26, 2019 – Regina. Since genetically modified (GM) crops were introduced into Canadian agriculture almost 25 years ago, GM contamination has had significant economic consequences, according to a report published today by the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network...
March 26, 2019 Once released into our environment, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can be difficult or impossible to control or recall. Over the almost two and half decades of GM commercialization in Canada, we have observed the escape of a number of GMOs: GM...
Friday, February 8, 2019. Halifax. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has declined to address a complaint alleging misleading advertising from the company selling genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) salmon in Canada, because the company’s...
