Jul 15, 2013
Monday, July 15. Quebec City – Protestors outside a Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA) meeting this morning denounced the industry group’s plans to release genetically modified (GM) alfalfa in Eastern Canada. They asked the Quebec government and other...
Jul 15, 2013
July 25, 2013. Ottawa – Two farmers have formally asked the Ontario government to carry out an environmental assessment of genetically modified (GM) alfalfa before the seed is sold in the province. Today, they launched an application under Ontario’s Environmental Bill...
Jul 1, 2013
Commentary and Technical Paper, July 2013, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network and the National Farmers Union gm-alfalfa-rebuttal-to-industry-coexistence-plan.pdf 2.00 MB
Jun 4, 2013
Updated June 4 2013 Click here to download the pdf file. Contact: Lucy Sharratt, Coordinator, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, 613 241 2267 ext 25 coordinator@cban.ca www.cban.ca/wheat GM Wheat Contamination Update On May 29 2013, the United States Department of...
May 29, 2013
Contamination Status in Canada is Unknown Wednesday May 29. Ottawa. – Today, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that Monsanto’s unapproved genetically modified (GM, also called genetically engineered) herbicide tolerant wheat was found...
May 13, 2013
What: Public Event, “Is the GM Salmon Safe? A look at the data on the health and environment risks” Who: Featuring Michael Hansen, Ph.D., Consumers Union, US, international expert on the risk assessment of genetically modified organisms. The event is presented by...
