These are the current strategic actions we ask you to take with us. Thank you for taking action with us!

Stop Legal Contamination by Unapproved GM Foods: "Low Level Presence"

New action December 2011: The Canadian Government is proposing to allow contamination of our food supply with genetically engineered foods that have not been approved for safe eating in Canada. The Canadian government wants to allow a percent, 0.1% or higher, of our food to be contaminated with genetically modified (GM) foods that have not been approved by Health Canada for safe human consumption. The GM foods will have been approved for safety in at least one other country but not yet evaluated as safe by our own regulators. The federal government calls this “Low Level Presence” or LLP and argues that this “low level” of contamination from unapproved GM foods is not harmful.

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Click here to send your letter to the Minister of Health.

Stop GM Sweetcorn

July 2011: The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) and the Ecological Farmers of Ontario have confirmed that genetically modified (GM) sweet corn is being grown by farmers in Ontario who are selling at roadside stands, at Farmers’ Markets, and through some local grocery stores.

What you can do:

1. Buy organic sweet corn. Organic farming prohibits the use of genetic modification. Certified organic is your guarantee that your sweet corn is not genetically modified (and is also pesticide-free).
2. Ask your local farmer or manager at the farm stand or grocery store if the sweet corn they are selling is genetically modified (also called genetically engineered). Click here for helpful information and a inquiry form you can use.
3. Send the Consumer Advisory to your friends and family: Click here for the email advisory.

Stop GM Animals: GM Salmon and "Enviropig™"

The so-called "Enviropig™" from the University of Guelph and AquaBounty's GM salmon are in a race to become the first genetically modified food animal on the market. AquaBounty wants to produce all of its GE salmon eggs on Prince Edward Island!

• Write to the Minister of Environment to stop GE salmon instantly by clicking here!
• Write to the Minister of Health instantly by clicking here!
• Download the petition to stop the GM Pig.

• For more information on "Enviropig™" click here.
• For more info on GM fish click here.

  

Stop GM Alfalfa

It is not yet legal to sell GM alfalfa seeds in Canada but the Canadian Government approved Monsanto’s GM herbicide resistant (Roundup Ready) Alfalfa for human consumption and environmental release in 2005. One more step - variety registration - is needed before it is legal to sell GM alfalfa seeds in Canada. Tell your Member of Parliament they need to support a moratorium on GM alfalfa!

• Download the petition to your Member of Parliament.
• Click here for more information and action.

Take 'SmartStax' off the Menu!

Your action is needed to demand that the Canadian government immediately withdraw approval of Monsanto's new eight trait corn called 'SmartStax'. Health Canada did not assess the safety of 'SmartStax' and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency did not assess the environmental risks of 'SmartStax'. A new report from Europe exposes many risk questions that remain unanswered.

Send your letter to the Minister of Health instantly by clicking here!

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