CBAN: Keep Terminator Seed out of Canada – Actions you can take

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CBAN: Keep Terminator Seed out of Canada – Actions you can take

Bill to Ban Terminator Re-introduced!

Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko (NDP) has reintroduced his Private

Members Bill (C-343) to ban the release, sale, importation and use of

Terminator technology.

Ask your MPs to support Bill C-353 **Terminator Seed Ban Act**

What is Terminator? Terminator Technology genetically engineers plants to

produce sterile seeds at harvest. It was developed by the multinational

seed/agrochemical industry and the US government to prevent farmers from

re-planting harvested seed and force farmers to buy seed each season instead.

Terminator seeds have not yet been field-tested or commercialized. In 2006,

Monsanto bought the company (Delta & Pine Land) that owned Terminator.

Terminator is sometimes called Genetic Use Restriction Technology (GURTs) - the

broad term that refers to the use of an external chemical inducer to

control the expression of a plant’s genetic traits.

Actions you can take:

1. Send an instant email at _http://www.cban.ca/terminatoraction_

(http://www.cban.ca/terminatoraction)

2. Organizations can endorse the call for a ban: go to

_http://www.banterminator.org/endorse_ (http://www.banterminator.org/endorse)

3. Write a personalized letter. Remember: postage is free to your elected

officials! You can use your postal code to search for your MP at

_http://www.parl.gc.ca_ (http://www.parl.gc.ca/) (Note: The New Democratic

Party and

the Bloc Québécois already support a Ban on Terminator in Canada.) For more

information see _http://www.cban.ca/terminator_

(http://www.cban.ca/terminator)

4. Distribute Ban Terminator postcards in your community! To order

postcards email btpostcards

For more information: _http://www.cban.ca/terminator_

(http://www.cban.ca/terminator)