Vancouver conference promoting genetically engineered trees for fuel 10 September 2008 (Vancouver) – Major biotech corporations are meeting at the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) conference in Vancouver today, to chart the use of genetically engineered (GE)...
Bonn, May 30 2008 – Today in Bonn Germany, the Canadian Government’s opposition to a bid by African countries to establish a global moratorium on genetically engineered (GE) trees contributed to a devastating lack of action at the United Nations Convention on...
United Nations meeting fights over the future of GE trees 4:00 EST May 22 Thursday Bonn Germany – Today, Canada has intervened to directly eliminate an African request for a United Nations moratorium on genetically engineered (GE) trees. The proposal by Africa...
Ottawa, April 17 2008. The rush to get into biofuels production has ignited a major crisis for the planet. This according to the Canadian and global farm leaders and agriculture specialists from around the world speaking across Canada April 28-May 1 at public forums...
Will MPs vote for Monsanto or Canadians? Ottawa April 3, 2008 – Today the House of Commons will debate a Private Member’s Bill (C-517) proposed by Gilles-André Perron, Bloc Québécois MP for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles. If adopted, this bill will legislate the...
February 27, 2008 Ottawa – This week the proposal to build a biofuels plant in PEI came under fire at a hearing of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food that is examining Bill C-33, a Bill that would mandate the use of biofuels in...
