Codex meeting in Calgary could suspend work on GM food labeling May 5, 2009, Ottawa – Today in Calgary, as the international meeting of the UN Codex Alimentarius negotiates the future of labeling genetically modified (GM) foods, the Québec Network Against GMOs...

80 groups to fight the commercialization of genetically modified alfalfa Press Release April 28, 2009 Click here to see the full list of signatories. Ottawa – Today, 80 groups including farmer associations and food businesses from across Canada joined the growing call...

April 1, 2009 Genetically modified (GM) sugar beet could be planted in two weeks. Ottawa - Chocolate Bunnies across Canada are hopping in panic this spring as the April planting of sugar beets in Alberta is just around the corner. The fate of Chocolate Bunnies could...

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 to...

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 mandatory...

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...

For Immediate Release, November 8, 2007 Ottawa, Nov 8, 2007 - Today in Ottawa, Montreal and Arva ON, 3 delegations of farm and civil society leaders from the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) observed a minute of silence and delivered letters of concern...