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Briefing Notes
CBAN Briefing to Members of Parliament. Genetically Engineered Organisms: The Need to Support Bill C-474 & Know the Economic Risk to Export Markets February 2011.
CBAN Briefing to the House of Commons Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food: Genetically Engineered Organisms: The Need to Consider Potential Economic Harm Prior to Commercial Release December 2010.
Flax contamination:
CBAN Briefing to Members of Parliament: Genetically Modified Flax Contamination: Canadian Farmers Loose their European Market , October 29, 2009.
Trade:
CBAN Briefing: WTO dispute over Genetically Modified Organisms: Canada, Argentina, US vs European Union July 20, 2009.
Click here for related information and news on trade and GMOs.
Regulation:
CBAN Briefing Note #1 to the Yukon Legislative Assembly: Genetically Engineered Crops: The Inadequacies and Limitations of Federal Regulation June 28, 2009.
Environmental Risk:
CBAN Briefing Note #2 to the Yukon Legislative Assembly: Genetically Engineered Crops: Irreversible harm to natural ecosystems June 28, 2009
Full CBAN Briefing Package to the Yukon Legislative Assembly (17 pages)
Click here for more information on the call for a 10-year moratorium on GE in the Yukon.
Genetically Engineered Organisms: The Need to Consider Potential Economic Harm Prior to Commercial Release
CBAN was requested by the House of Commons Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food to testify as part of their "biotechnology study": “...on the status of the Canadian biotechnology sector, in which it travels to the universities across Canada where this technology is primarily being undertaken, and that it recommend, where necessary, legislative, policy and regulatory changes in order to foster an innovative and fertile biotechnology industry in Canada.” CBAN Coordinator Lucy Sharratt testified on December 16, 2010 in a hearing with the President and Vice-President of industry lobby group CropLife. Click here to read the testimony. Below is the pdf Briefing submitted.
Briefing to Members of Parliament
The Need to Support Bill C-474 & Know the Economic Risk to Export Markets, February 2011. CBAN.
CBAN Briefing on Bill C-474.pdf 210,19 kB
