Canada’s Competition Bureau has approved a merger between seed and pesticide companies Bayer and Monsanto, creating the largest seed and pesticide company in the world. “This is an unprecedented level of corporate control over seeds and pesticides,” said Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network. In comments to the Competition Bureau, the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network … Read more
On Monday April 9, the Wall Street Journal reported that the United States Department of Justice has agreed to allow a merger between seed and pesticide companies Bayer and Monsanto, creating the largest seed and pesticide company in the world. A US approval means that Canada could also soon permit the merger. A decision from Canada’s … Read more
The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, the Council of Canadians, Ecology Action Centre and Living Oceans Society are calling on the government to halt any further assessments of a GM Atlantic salmon until it takes steps to increase transparency in the regulatory process and marketplace, including by establishing mandatory labelling of GM foods. The Canadian government … Read more
Investigations by the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, Ecology Action Centre and the Quebec network Vigilance OGM reveal that the world’s first sale of genetically modified salmon could have gone exclusively into the Quebec market. “We need transparency and clear GM food labelling so Canadians can make an informed choice,” said Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian Biotechnology … Read more
AquaBounty revealed on August 4, in its quarterly financial results, that it has sold approximately five tonnes of genetically modified Atlantic salmon fillets in Canada. This is the world’s first sale of GM fish for human consumption and has occurred without GM product labelling for Canadian consumers. “No one except AquaBounty knows where the GM … Read more
Public interest groups the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network and Vigilance OGM, are expressing profound disappointment that Members of Parliament voted down Private Member’s Bill C-291 for mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods. Polls over twenty years consistently show that over 75 per cent of Canadians want GM foods labelled. Health Canada’s 2016 survey put this number at 78 per cent. “Canadians want to … Read more
On Wednesday, May 17th, MPs will vote on Private Member’s Bill C-291 for mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods. “Labelling is necessary for transparency and traceability in our food system,” said Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network. “Canadians want to know where GM foods are in their grocery stores.” Polls over twenty years consistently show that over 75 per cent … Read more
The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, Ecology Action Centre, and GMO Free PEI have become aware of an application to the Prince Edward Island government from the biotechnology company AquaBounty that reveals the company’s intention to raise genetically modified Atlantic salmon in PEI. If approved, this would be the world’s first GM fish factory. “We don’t want … Read more
The agriculture and agri-food committee is recommending greater transparency in the regulation of genetically modified animals and government support for independent research into the health, environmental and other effects of genetic modification technologies. These are two of four recommendations in the Committee report “Genetically modified animals for human consumption” submitted to Parliament yesterday. “The recommendations for … Read more
Reports that Bayer has confirmed its $66-billion takeover of Monsanto are triggering concerns over increased corporate control in the seeds and pesticides markets from groups monitoring the impacts of genetically engineered crops and foods. “This extreme level of corporate control in seeds and pesticides risks the future of food and farming in Canada, and around the … Read more
