GMO
The Council of Canadians worked for many years to oppose genetic engineering and stop the growth of factory farming in Canada.
The safety of the Canadian food supply is under threat, due to pressure from both the United States and business interests within Canada to “harmonize” our regulations with those of the U.S. Meanwhile, U.S.-based transnationals and the U.S. government are pushing an agenda of factory farming and genetically engineered food production.
Trade dispute panel decision instructs Mexico to end GM corn restrictions
Joint Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseDecember 23, 2024 Cobourg, Halifax, Ottawa. December 23, 2024 – A trade dispute panel has ruled ...
Open letter supporting the right of the people of Mexico to determine their own relationship with corn
The Council of Canadians has signed this open letter led by the National Farmer's Union in solidarity with farmers in ...
We support the right of the people of Mexico to determine their own relationship with corn
The Government of Canada is supporting a trade challenge initiated by the USA, under CUSMA, that aims to end Mexico’s ...
Submission to Federal Government on exclusion from CUSMA dispute panel on the GM Corn Dispute
This letter has been prepared by the Trade Justice Group of the Northumberland Chapter of the Council of Canadians. The ...
Why Mexico’s 2023 ban on GM corn is the right move
Prevented from providing research and arguments directly to the trade dispute panel, the Trade Justice Group of the Northumberland Chapter ...
Canada and US Governments Shut Down Ability of Canadian NGOs to Comment in Trade Dispute Over Mexico’s GM Corn Ban
“We’re extremely concerned that the US government requested we be blocked from commenting but even more concerned that the Canadian ...
Submission on CUSMA dispute panel hearings into Mexico’s GMO corn laws
A brief to the TMEC - USMCA - CUSMA dispute panel hearings into Mexico’s GMO corn laws. Prepared by the ...
Biotech industry influence over federal GMO regulatory decisions exposed as Canada piles on with the U.S. to bully Mexico on GM corn
As Canada joins the U.S. in challenging Mexico to stop its planned phase-out of genetically modified (GM) corn for human ...
