July 2022. Briefing for Members of Parliament on concerns over Health Canada’s change to regulatory guidance and planned regulatory change, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s proposals to exempt some genetically engineered seeds from regulation.

April 2022. Briefing for Members of Parliament on the proposals from Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to exempt some genetically engineered foods and seeds from regulation, and on concerns over their impacts.

October, 2021. Health Canada and the CFIA are proposing to exempt many new genetically engineered foods and plants from government safety assessments and government oversight: Genetically engineered plants that have no foreign DNA – many of which would be produced through the new genetic engineering techniques of genome editing, also called gene editing – would be exempt from regulation if product developers do not determine a food safety or environmental safety risk.

September 7, 2021. CBAN response to the consultation questionnaire on CFIA proposed guidance for determining whether a plant is subject to Part V of the Seeds Regulations. The regulatory guidance proposed is in conflict with CFIA’s responsibility “to safeguard food safety, protect the health of plants and animals in Canada, and support market access both now and in the future.”

June 23, 2021. Comments submitted by the CBAN to the Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate, Health Canada RE: primer on gene editing, in the consultation on proposed new guidance pieces for the Novel Foods Regulations. The primer does not provide a scientific rationale for the regulatory guidance proposals. It does not reflect a rigorous scientific literature review nor the most current scientific knowledge – It is insubstantial, incomplete, imprecise, and inappropriate.

May 11, 2021. Comments submitted by the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network to the Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate, Health Canada RE: Consultation: Proposed new guidance pieces for the Novel Foods Regulations, focused on plant breeding. CBAN is writing to object to the regulatory guidance proposals put forward by Health Canada relating to foods from genetically engineered plants.

April 2019. Following testimony from the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network on April 4, 2019. Brief submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food study on “Public Perception of and Public Trust in the Canadian Agricultural Sector”: Three Recommendations for Building Public Trust in Canadian Regulation of Genetic Engineering.