- Exposing Corporate Lobbyists: In-person, Ottawa, Thursday, November 28
- Global Insights and Action on GE Trees: Online, Sunday, December 1st
Exposing GMO & Pesticide Corporate Lobbyists, Nov 28
· Visite guidée à Ottawa & dévoilement de la Cartographie des Lobbys des OGM et pesticides
The Quebec CBAN member group Vigilance OGM invites you to join an in-person event on Thursday November 28 at Parliament Hill in Ottawa to launch a map of the pesticide and GMO lobby groups and their influence over government.
For over 10 years, Vigilance OGM has been working with CBAN to expose the influence of biotechnology and agrochemical corporations on our agricultural policies and regulation. The sole aim of these companies is to sell ever more GMOs and pesticides – at the expense of our health and the environment. Vigilance OGM has put together a detailed map of these lobbyists, revealing their techniques and close links with our governments. We invite you to the public unveiling of the map, followed by a thematic guided tour of the Parliament Hill area.
Date: Thursday, November 28, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: Outside at Parliament Hill, Ottawa
See the facebook event.
Program:
10:00 AM: Press conference & presentation of the map (English & French)
11:00 AM: Guided tour to the CropLife & co. office. (mainly in French)
Dress Code: Vigilance OGM invites participants to dress in a “lobbyist” costume (for example: suit, with small briefcase…). Please note that this event is outside.
Global Insights and Action on GE Trees
The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) is pleased to announce “Global Insights and Action on GE Trees” on Sunday, December 1 from 2:00-3:00 EST. Join us to hear updates on genetically engineered (GE or genetically modified) trees from Lucy Sharratt, CBAN’s Coordinator, and Anne Petermann, Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology Project (US). They will provide information and insights into the next steps we can take to protect communities and the world’s forests from the threat of genetic engineering and take your questions.
Lucy and Anne play a central role in the International Campaign to STOP GE Trees and both recently attended an industry science conference on GE trees. In 2023, Lucy and Anne participated in a fact-finding visit to communities in Brazil impacted by industrial eucalyptus tree plantations and pulp mills and Anne has just returned from Chile where she was part of a delegation investigating the ecological and human rights impacts of monoculture tree plantations. They will also share updates from the global meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity which just finished in Colombia, and new information on the attempts to commercially release the GE American chestnut.
Please join us on Sunday December 1 at 2:00-3:00 EST on zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84900206302?pwd=azibGcNaFveBdd8GdkBkJ5uckpGhux.1
Meeting ID: 849 0020 6302
Passcode: 206139
For more information about the book club visit www.cban.ca/bookclub
For more information on GE trees see www.cban.ca/trees