July 21, 2025. We urge US Department of Agriculture to reject the proposal to release the genetically engineered “Darling 54” American chestnut into the open environment. The wide range of this precedent-setting, large-scale release and spread is not considered, and the potential long-term impacts are not assessed.

June 2025. Briefing for new Members of Parliament on the need to regulate all genetically modified organisms (GMOs): Some GMOs produced through techniques of genome editing (gene editing) can enter the market without being assessed for safety by government regulators. They can also enter the market without any notification to the government or public.

July 2024. CBAN’s comments on Environment and Climate Change Canada’s proposals for changes to the New Substance Notification Regulations re: As per Stakeholder Engagement Document (Pre-Canada Gazette, Part I Consultation).

May 24, 2024. CBAN’s response to on Health Canada’s proposed revised policy to exempt foods derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloned cattle and swine, and their offspring from the novel food regulations, resulting in no government safety assessments or mandatory transparency.

May 10, 2024: Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. All genetically engineered fruits and vegetables, including those produced through the new genetic engineering techniques of gene editing, should be subject to pre-market regulation, mandatory notification to government and the public, mechanisms for government tracking and post-market surveillance, and mandatory point-of-purchase labelling for consumers.

May 2023: Twin decisions by the ministers of health and agriculture place the interests of private industry above the federal government’s responsibility to protect human health and the environment, come at the expense of transparency and choice for Canadian farmers and consumers, and threaten the livelihoods of many farmers. The regulatory exemptions need to be immediately reversed.

March 2023. Canada’s Sustainable Agriculture Strategy should require rigorous regulation of genetic engineering (genetically modified organisms or GMOs), and should support organic agriculture. The strategy discussion document names “gene editing” but does not even mention “organic”.

January 30, 2022. Response to the Discussion Paper for Consultation: Review of Part 6 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) and the New Substances Notification Regulation (Organisms), for the regulation of “animate products of biotechnology.”

January 28, 2022. Comments to Environment and Climate Change Canada in response to the Notification for a fruit fly for use in recombinant protein production: EntoEngine from Future Fields

December 22, 2022. Release of this GE tree in the United States would directly affect the environment in Canada, could threaten the endangered American chestnut in Canada, and could undermine the future of American chestnut restoration efforts in Canada.