Friday, March 11, 2005
NDP Parliamentarians Work To Protect Farmers’ Right To Save Seeds
HALIFAX AND TIMMINS NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Alexa McDonough and NDP Agriculture Critic Charlie Angus are fighting back against a Liberal attempt to obliterate farmers traditional right to save seeds. : "
For generations, the world's farmers have harvested seeds from their crops to replant for the next season. This practice must be preserved in Canada, and is crucial to farmers in developing countries, yet it is threatened by multi-national corporations who seek to control the world's food supply.
McDonough has tabled a motion at the Foreign Affairs Committee to bring together Foreign Affairs, International Trade, International Development and Agriculture Committee members for a special meeting with members of The Working Group on Canada's Policy with Regards to Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Countries. "
For generations, the world's farmers have harvested seeds from their crops to replant for the next season. This practice must be preserved in Canada, and is crucial to farmers in developing countries, yet it is threatened by multi-national corporations who seek to control the world's food supply.
McDonough has tabled a motion at the Foreign Affairs Committee to bring together Foreign Affairs, International Trade, International Development and Agriculture Committee members for a special meeting with members of The Working Group on Canada's Policy with Regards to Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Countries. "
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