January 25th, 2012 | Food Security, Our Food, Codex Alimentarius, FDA, food, GMO, health, NAFTA, North America, pesticide, RCC, regulation, Regulatory Cooperation Commission, soverignty
The following is the third installment of a three part investigation by Nelle Maxey into the wide-ranging environmental and socio-political implications for Canada of the recently signed US-Canada cross border security deal and ancillary agreements related to the Regulatory Cooperation Commission. Read part 1 and part 2 here.
Read full article here: Regulatory Cooperation Commission decides what North Americans will eat
To introduce the third article in this series on the Regulatory Cooperation Commission (RCC), let’s begin with a brief reminder of the Martin-era Security and Prosperity Partnership, or SPP. The SPP met with significant public opposition on both sides of the border when it became known. Then it seemed to disappear. The Border Security deal and the RCC are simply a continuation of the SPP under new names. This is readily apparent from this statement in the RCC Joint Action Plan introductory comments:
December 19th, 2011
Alex Rossi, India correspondent reports on the most recent surge of suicides in India. This has been going on for more than a decade now. I remember how shocked I was when I first learned of this terrible situation, since then it has only gotten worse. Monsanto and other corporations in the Big Ag w ...
October 14th, 2011
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October 16: Biggest U.S. Day of Action Yet for Labels on Genetically Engineered Food!
The Organic Consumers Association's Millions Against Monsanto campaign is marking Non-GMO ...
September 5th, 2011
It is always helpful when you have a specific target to go after. It has great potential to succeed as it focuses and amplifies the determination of the people. This petition is a great idea and I for one can't wait to see Michael (Monsanto Mike) Taylor dumped. This will be a good first step in clea ...
June 21st, 2011
These days if you eat in North America, and increasingly all around the world, you are probably ingesting genetically modified organisms. If you eat a lot of processed food you are eating a substantial amount. I know many of us aren't surprised to hear this report on how the GM DNA transfers to inte ...
April 23rd, 2011
This article is written by Jeffrey Smith for The Institute of Responsible Technology. They are encouraging everyone to share and repost this information as widely as possible. More information on the history and goals of Monsanto are posted in this article: Monsanto: The World’s Poster Child for C ...
February 16th, 2011
This is a practical post outlining several things you can do to stop supporting Monsanto and their cronies who have foisted genetically modified organisms on us. I though it was a helpful post--it gives a good list of numbers to call. Thanks to Myra Said It--please read the full article there.
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February 7th, 2011
Bill C-474 is a private members bill that, if passed, will require market impact assessment of any new GMO crop sold in Canada. It will be debated for the third and final time on Feb 8 and the vote will be held on Feb.9. Please write letters to and encourage your friends to also write to let Parliam ...
December 5th, 2010
Little Red Rubbing Scarf returns to face a new threat to mankind--a diabolical plumbing snake transformed by US Army experiments crashes a satellite in the mountains and plots world domination.
I showed this video to my nephew when he was about 4. I didn't think it would scare him as he was s ...
November 17th, 2010
Small farmers that came together in Japan recently have come up with some very practical and do-able solutions. La Via Campesina--The International Peasant Movement--posted this press release from the biodiversity conference last month:
Small Farmers’ Solutions to the Biodiversity Crisis
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