Bill to Ban Terminator Tabled! Click here to send an instant letter to the Prime Minister - at www.RightOnCanada.ca

India and Brazil have already banned Terminator. Ask the Prime Minister to support Bill C-448 "Terminator Seed Ban Act" - Click here to read the bill (pdf)

Click here to see the list of Canadian Groups calling for a Ban

Click here for basic information on Terminator.

Or write a personalized letter!
Click here for a sample letter Write to the Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and your Member of Parliament – these letters make a big difference. Here are some tips for writing a letter . Postage is Free to your elected officials! You can use your postal code to search for your MPs name and contact details . Below are some more addresses.

Write to :

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
The Honourable Chuck Strahl
House of Commons, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6
Email: Strahl.C@parl.gc.ca
Fax: (613) 995 5621
Phone: (613) 992 2940

Prime Minister Stephen Harper
80 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
Email: Harper.S@parl.gc.ca
Fax: (613) 941 6900
Phone: (613) 992 4211

Hon. Stéphane Dion
Leader of the Official Opposition
House of Commons Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6
Email: Dion.S@parl.gc.ca
Telephone: (613) 996-5789
Fax: (613) 996-6562

Hon. Wayne Easter
Liberal Agriculture Critic
House of Commons Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6
Email: Easter.W@parl.gc.ca
Telephone: (613) 992-2406
Fax: (613) 995-7408

Send a postcard to the Prime Minister!
To order Ban Terminator postcards to distribute in your community email btpostcards@usc-canada.org or leave a message at 613 234 6827 ext 237.
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The Canadian Government tried to overturn the international moratorium on Terminator in 2005 and again in 2006. The Government has not changed this position but, due to domestic and international pressure, the government chose not to push Terminator at the March 2006 UN meeting. Instead, the UN moratorium on Terminator was upheld! This was a major victory for Canadian farmers and farmers across the world.

Your Action Still Needed!: The government has never stated its opposition to Terminator. We need a ban in Canada so we know that Terminator technology will never be field tested or commercialized.

Send in your petitions: The petition campaign has been a great success. In ridings across the country, people have collected signatures and many have met with their Member of Parliament to ask for a ban on Terminator. If you collecting signatures, send them to your MP with a letter. If you can collect 100-500 signatures in your community, please download the petition. Otherwise, please order postcards to distribute and use. Click here for the petition and a Guide to the Petition Campaign .

Endorse the Ban Terminator Campaign: Click on the side of this page to add the name of your organization or community group.

Donate to support the campaign: Please consider a donation to support the campaign. You can make your charitable donation out to “Sage Centre-CBAN Project” and send it to the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network , 431 Gilmour Street, Second Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0R5 info@cban.ca (613) 241 2267 Thank you.

Watch Photos and Video from the “Terminator on Trial: Suicide Seed Technology, Implications for Global Food Security and Farmers’ Rights” Ottawa, March 20, 2006
THE CRIME: The Canadian Government is attempting to lift the de facto global moratorium on Terminator technology.
THE JUDGE: Gerry Barr, CEO, Canadian Council for International Cooperation
THE HOST: Bob Carty, CBC journalist and documentary producer
THE KEY WITNESSES: Vandana Shiva (scientist from India), Percy Schmeiser (Canadian farmer who took on Monsanto), Colleen Ross (National Farmers Union)
THE JURY: You!

Background on the Canadian Government promotion of Terminator:

At a UN meeting in January 2006 the Canadian Government supported the successful move by Australia to insert language that Terminator should be researched and studied on a “case-by-case” basis. This would have led to field trials of Terminator and an end to the existing de facto international moratorium. But at the major UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting COP8 in Brazil in March 2006, the Government of Canada was forced to back down from this position. The government did not defend this position and the moratorium was upheld and even slightly strengthened.

In February 2005, Canadian government officials (delegates) to a UN meeting tried to introduce new language to “allow for the evaluation” of Terminator for field testing and commercial use. This would have overturned the recommendation NOT to approve Terminator (also called GURTs- Genetic Use Restriction Technology). Click here to read the evidence in a LEAKED DOCUMENT which is instructions to Canadian delegates to the 2005 UN meeting. This was a shockingly bold move to push Terminator. The government was not successful because other governments across the world are working hard to uphold the international moratorium.