Challenge approval of new eight-trait GM “SmartStax” corn Friday, October 16, 2009 - Today Canadians opposing Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) crops will join the first “International Day of Action Against Multinational Corporations” that has been initiated by the...

But Canadian farmers still have no answers Ottawa, Monday, October 5, 2009 – 28 countries, including more European countries as well as Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Thailand, have now been affected by contamination from genetically modified (GM) flax in Canadian exports...

Canada Ignores International Food Safety Guidelines Ottawa, Wednesday July 29, 2009. Today the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) demanded that the federal government immediately withdraw authorization for ‘SmartStax,’ a genetically engineered (GE),...

No environmental risk assessment, and reduced environmental stewardship requirements for new Monsanto/Dow “SmartStax” Ottawa, Friday, July 24, 2009. Farmer and environmental groups in the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) are warning of several dangerous...

July 24, 2009. No environmental risk assessment, and reduced environmental stewardship requirements for new Monsanto/Dow “SmartStax”.

Ottawa, Monday 20 July 2009. The announcement that Canada has agreed to end its World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute with Europe over genetically modified (GM) foods is being greeted as a step forward by the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network. The agreement...

Tri-national Statement Responds to Industry Pledge to Commercialize GE Wheat June 1, 2009, Ottawa, Montréal, Washington, Canberra - Farmers, consumers and civil society organizations in Australia, Canada and the U.S. released a joint statement confirming their...

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...