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2008 - Year in Review

In Canada, Greenpeace made bold strides in 2008 to deliver on our promise to give this fragile earth a voice.

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Federal Elections - After The World According to Monsanto, a moratorium on GE crops and foods is a must!

FEDERAL ELECTIONS After The World According to Monsanto, a moratorium on GE crops and foods is a must! After watching the documentary The World According to Monsanto, no one will be able to say they “just didn’t know.”

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Dead Zones: How Agricultural Fertilizers are Killing our Rivers, Lakes and Oceans

Last year, many Canadians had their summer holiday at the lake interrupted by the appearance of toxic dead zones caused by hazardous algae blooms. In Western Canada, Lake Winnipeg experienced record algae pollution which has doubled in the last decade. Across Quebec, at least 160 lakes were officially contaminated last year, with many declared to be unsafe for humans.
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Greenpeace activists have created a 61-metre crop circle in a corn field in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The field contains Monsanto’s NK603 genetically engineered (GE) corn, which scientists recently linked with liver and kidney toxicity in rats. Greenpeace is calling for mandatory labelling of GE foods across Canada. Enlarge Image

Film Screening: The World According to Monsanto

An acclaimed documentary by filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin on the genetic engineering and chemical conglomerate Monsanto (The World According to Monsanto), makes its English Canadian Premier tonight at the National Film Board's monthly Green Screen series in Toronto. Marie-Monique Robin will introduce her film at tonight's screening.

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Parliament denies Canadians mandatory labelling of GE foods

A private member’s bill giving consumers the right to know if the food sold in Canada contains genetically engineered (GE) ingredients was defeated in the House of Commons today by a vote of 101 to 156. The defeat of Bill C-517 effectively protects the economic interests of GE companies like Monsanto over the rights of Canadians to know what they ea

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Ethanol minimums passed in Parliament spell more global food woes

A bill passed in the House of Commons today could see more of our already limited food supply fed to cars and SUVs instead of people, says Greenpeace.

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Biofuels that cause hunger

At first glance, biofuels seem to be a good solution for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as for our cutting dependence on fossil fuels. But the facts say otherwise…

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Bill C-517: Mandatory labelling of GE food: Your turn to speak out!

By the luck of the Parliamentary draw, a private member’s bill supporting mandatory labelling of GE food in Canada was randomly selected for debate in the House of Commons in April.

Greenpeace is demanding mandatory labelling of GE foods and products. More than 40 countries already enforce this, including Russia, China and the UK. Enlarge Image

Gordon Campbell declared "biohazard" on first annual GE Free Day

Gordon Campbell is a biohazard to British Columbia for his continual refusal to label genetically engineered products, says Greenpeace, which today organized the province's first annual GE Free Day

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Rice on Canadian store shelves contaminated

An independent investigation by Greenpeace has found rice sold in Canadian supermarkets to be contaminated with an experimental, genetically engineered variety accidentally released into the environment.

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Press releases

Federal Elections - Call for a moratorium on GE crops and foods

15 September 2008

Greenpeace releases report on impacts of agriculture on aquatic dead zones

08 July 2008

Greenpeace calls on European leaders to send Harper packing on global warming and biodiversity

28 May 2008

GE Reports

Letter to Health Canada asking for rescinding the authorization of the genetically engineered corn Smart Stax

29 July 2009

Dead Zones: How Agricultural Fertilizers are Killing our Rivers, Lakes and Oceans

08 July 2008

GE-Free Day

06 March 2008