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GM Food Archive





Cost to label genetic food is overblown
Just $28 million a year: Quebec study
87% want to know if food contains GMOs

Montreal Gazette  (March 2007)



Kidneys, blood counts affected in rats fed GM corn

African GM food expert denied visa on verge on UN Biosaefty meeting

United Church of Canada policy statement on GM Food

Survey  Canadians suspicious of biotech foods




THIS Magazine Exposé



Canadian Government and
Food Biotechnology Industry
Collusion Exposed


THIS Magazine Feature By Lyle Stewart




Should GM foods be labelled?
Listen to the CBC Debate, December 2003

Canadian groups demand
mandatory labelling of GM foods




CBC Marketplace Exposé on GM Food
(watch) You Tube   |  (listen) MP3
CBC Marketplace Exposé / March 2002

UPDATE  Consumers Association of Canada Quits Labelling Charade

C.A.C. PRESS RELEASE
Western Producer / August 2003



Millions Spent on Biotech PR
Health advocates say funds should go to
testing, labelling GM foods




Goverment in Conflict of Interest over
GM wheat partnership with Monsanto

CBC TV Investigation | Watch (Yout Tube) | CBC Radio

GE Wheat Update !!
Feds withdraw from partnership with Monsanto
Monsanto withdraws GE wheat  Listen | Read



CFIA Secretly Changed GM Wheat Rules 

'Market Risk' criteria removed from
grain registration process

Download ATI
Western Producer / April 2003

Lining up against GM wheat
Saskatoon StarPhoenix / August 2003



Feds, Consumers' Association Help
Market GM Foods

The Hill Times / March 2003



Royal Society of Canada
Report on Canada's Regulation of Biotech Food

Shocking Letter to Health Canada (Download ATI)
Download Report  |  Executive Summary  |  Media

Statements to the House of Commons'
Health Committee by the Royal Society of Canada
Biotech Food Report Co-Chairs




More info in chronological order ...



Three little (genetically engineered)
piggies went to market

(Globe and Mail, February 2004)


Genetically Modified Food Fears Seen
Hurting Canada

(Globe and Mail, August 2003)


Greenpeace Shoppers Guide Tells Canadians
What’s in Their Food

Press Release  |  Download Shoppers Guide
(Greenpeace Canada, April 2003)


Government Urged Not to Fool Around With
Trials of Genetically Modified Crops

(Press Release, March 2003)


Suspicion of GMOs Justified
(Montreal Gazette, December 2002)


Survey Shows Loblaws Baby Food May Contain Genetically Modified Ingredients
(Greenpeace Canada, October 2002)


Lines are Fuzzy on GM Food
(Lyle Stewart/Montreal Gazette, April 2002)


Hard to Swallow: Ottawa using Trade Deal as an Excuse for not Labelling GM Foods
(Lyle Stewart/Montreal Gazette, March 2002)


Statements to the House of Commons'
Health Committee by the Co-Chairs of the Royal Society of Canada Report on GM Food

(House of Commons, March 2002)


Cover for Corporate Interests
(Lyle Stewart/Montreal Gazette, March 2002)


Canada's GM Food Fight
(Lyle Stewart/Montreal Gazette, March 2002)


GM Food Meeting Left Bad Taste
(Lyle Stewart/Montreal Gazette, March 2002)


A Question of Credibility
(Lyle Stewart/Montreal Gazette, March 2002)


Ottawa Promoting Safety of GMOs
(Globe and Mail, February 2002)


Conflict of Interest Charge Returns in
Biotech Debate

(Western Producer, February 2002)


Genetically Engineered Pigs
Accidentally Rendered into Food Chain

(Western Producer, February 2002)


Monsanto's Genetically Engineered 'Potatoes'
(1999 - 2002)

Federal Government's Pro-Biotech Bias is
Most Evident at CFIA

(Aaron Freeman/The Hill Times, November 2001)


Liberal MP Charles Caccia's Private
Members Bill to label GE Food

Bill Voted Down 126-91 (Oct. 18, 2001)

GM Process Lacking, Expert Panel Repeats
(Western Producer, August 2001)

Diverse Coalition of Groups Oppose
GM Wheat

(Civil Society Coalition, July 2001)

Who can you Trust in the Debate over
Genetically Engineered Foods?

(Lyle Stewart/Montreal Gazette, July 2001)


94% of Canadians Want Mandatory Labelling of GM Food
More on Mandatory Labelling
(Globe and Mail, May 2001)


Are GM Crops Thoroughly Tested?
Guelph University's Dr. Ann Clark Investigates

(University of Guelph, 2001)

Codex Alimentarius: Canadians Deserve To Know What They Are Eating
(Press Release & Medica Coverage, May 2001)

Rogue Genes Prompt Canola Recall
(Canadian Press, April 2001)

Health Minister Allan Rock's senior-aide takes lobbyist job with Monsanto
(Globe and Mail, March 2001)

Agency May Be Too Cosy with
Industry it Monitors

(Ottawa Citizen, March 2001)

National Farmers Union Position on GM Food
(NFU Position Developed 2001)

Genetically Engineered Food:
From Lab to Debacle

(New York Times, January 2001)

An Interview with Arpad Pusztai
(Interview, November 2000)

CFIA Accused of Funding Propaganda
(CBC Radio, October 2000)

89 Canadian Organizations Urged Chrétien Government to Sign the Biosafety Protocol
(Civil Society Coalition, September 2000)

Government Promotes GM Food
(CBC's The National, April 2000)

'Food safety' pamphlet is Liberal spin
(Montreal Gazette, April 2000)

Magazine Insert Leaves a Bad Taste
(Montreal Gazette, March 2000)

Biotech Lobby got Millions from Ottawa
(Montreal Gazette, February 2000)

Women Targeted by Government and
Food Biotech Industry

(CBC Radio, December 1999)

Genetic Engineering and Infant Foods
(INFACT Canada, Winter 1998)

Citizens' Voluntary Labelling Collective

CHC submission to the Standing Senate Committee investigating Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone
(Canadian Health Coalition, 1998)

Monsanto's Secret About
Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH)

(Sierra Club, Fall 1998)