This third CBAN report tackles the questions that Canadian consumers are still asking, twenty years after the government approved the first genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for human consumption. GM foods have been allowed onto grocery store shelves in Canada...
In this second report of GMO Inquiry 2015, we investigate the environmental impacts of genetically modified (GM; also called genetically engineered or GE) crops in Canada, and around the world. After 20 years, most of the GM crops grown in Canada are...
The Canadian government does not monitor where all GM crops/traits are grown in Canada (or even which ones are on the market), and has not established mandatory labelling of GM foods. The numbers in this report are gathered from a variety of sources, including...
The House of Commons Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food held hearings in September/October 2016 on “Genetically Modified Animals for Human Consumption” CBAN was invited to testify at the Committee hearings. Click here for CBAN’s testimony. CBAN...
by Lucy Sharratt, Power & Influence magazine, The Hill Times, July 2016 After twenty years, the use of genetically engineering (more popularly called genetic modification or GM) in food and farming is still being fought over in Canada and around the world, and is...
