Surveys have shown that Canadians strongly support labeling of genetically engineered foods. Ninety-five percent of those polled said they support labeling, according to an August, 2000 press release from the Canadian Health Food Association. In December, 1999, the Montreal Gazette reported that Montrealers almost unanimously support mandatory labeling, and more than half support an all-out ban.

However, the United States' neighbor to the north has planted millions of acres of genetically engineered crops, and the government has resisted calls from the public for labeling. The Canadian government has worked closely with biotech companies to convince the public that genetic engineering is safe, but to little avail.

August 24

GM monitoring, but no labels: Study -- CBC

Keep GM food labeling voluntary, panel urges / Better oversight needed: Scientists' report is 'reeking of biotech' bias - Greenpeace -- Financial Post

August 23

Committee recommends voluntary biotech food labeling -- Canadian Press

Genetic engineering report: Weak, meek and reeking of biotech bias -- Greenpeace Canada press release

Federal report on biotech foods is panned by one of its own authors -- Canadian Press

Feed us the facts / This week, Ottawa serves up its report on GM food. It may not satisfy public hunger for clear labels, says ethics writer Michael Valpy -- Toronto Globe and Mail

Truth in labeling -- Toronto Star editorial

Proposed GM food labels called 'meaningless' -- CBC

GM food labeling should be mandatory -- Toronto Star column by Peter McKenna

Proposed genetic engineering report desperate and meaningless -- Greenpeace Canada press release

New report on regulation of GM food due Tuesday -- Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Critics slam food label plan / Draft allows 5 percent of ingredients to be genetically modified -- Toronto Star

GM process lacking, expert panel repeats -- Western Producer (Canada)

European GM food rules denounced -- Western Producer (Canada)

Canada press: Liability issues surface in GM crop debate -- Resource News International

GM food v. manure -- National Post editorial

GM wheat panned by Canadian consumers, farmers -- Reuters

Farm, health, citizen groups call for halt to development of GM wheat -- Canadian Press

Sites of gene-altered wheat secret: Ottawa -- National Post

Group appeals to prime minister over GM wheat -- CBC

Farm group says GM acres way up in Ontario -- Western Producer

Overwhelming majority of Canadians baffled by term GMO, poll suggests -- Vancouver Province

Concerns raised about GM wheat crops -- CBC

Monsanto suing another Canadian farmer -- CropChoice News

Biotech splits firm's personality -- Western Producer (Canada)

Monsanto plans genetically modified wheat in five years -- CBC

Canada braces for frenzied growth of organic food: U.S. outlets expand -- Financial Post

Engineered tree could fight blight -- Montreal Gazette

Genetically modified canola becoming a weed -- CBC

More worries about genetically modified canola -- CBC News transcript

How magic markers are messing up our food system -- Globe and Mail column by Naomi Klein

Saskatchewan professor says labeling food as modified gives wrong impression -- Vancouver Province

Guess, say the grocers -- Globe and Mail

Quebec microbrewery can say its beer has not genetically modified organisms -- Canadian Press

Canada: MPs split on GM food labels -- Western Producer

Group says Canada too slow on GMO labeling -- CBC

Loblaws orders GMO-free labels removed -- Globe and Mail (Canada)

GM food report backlash / The Royal Society's report on genetically modified foods has drawn harsh criticism from the scientific community. Why does the Society remain silent? -- Financial Post (Canada)

Loblaws pressures for GMO labels -- CBC

Environmentalists, fish farms square off over altered salmon -- Halifax Herald Limited

Label GMO beer and food - Pass bill C-287 / More than 80 groups, 93% of Canadians say label now -- Council of Canadians press release

Mandatory labeling of GM foods quiets activists but deceives consumers -- AGCare press release (Canada)

Saskatchewan farmer ordered to pay Monsanto damages -- CBC

Loblaw rejects call to take GM foods off store shelves -- Globe and Mail (Canada)

Canada proposes 'softer' label at GM foods conference -- CBC

Scientists fear biotech will harm food supply -- Globe and Mail (Canada)

Countries stalled over labels for genetically altered foods -- Canadian Press

The biotech debate: The monarch butterfly -- BBC

Biotechs target activists -- Guardian (UK)

Big vote for organic food / 75 percent would rather pay extra than buy GM products, survey says -- Montreal Gazette

Genetic trespass threatens integrity of organic industry -- Canadian Health Food Association press release

French activist urges Canadians to ruin GM crops -- Reuters

Safe-food issue put on the table / Labels for genetically modified products debated as committee hearings wrap up -- Montreal Gazette

Food fight a recipe for confusion -- Edmonton Journal

Canada seeks ways to identify, trace GM crops -- Reuters

Genetically modified wheat coming, but will we eat it? -- Calgary Herald

Canada to sign international biosafety protocol -- Environment News Service

British Columbia proposes mandatory GM food labels -- Reuters

Genetically modified wheat needs consumer acceptance, board warns -- Canadian Press

Wheat board wants modified seed blocked -- National Post

Dutch firm wants to bring transgenic cows to Quebec -- CBC

Farmer liable for growing biotech crops / Court says Canadian used company's plants -- Washington Post

Judge rules in favor of Monsanto -- AP

Europeans refusing Canadian honey because of GMOs -- CBC

Island groups oppose plan to introduce genetically modified salmon eggs -- Canadian Press

Schmeiser, Monsanto ruling this week -- CBC

Illegal biotech corn slipped across border at Montreal, minister admits -- Canadian Press

Canada confiscates unapproved GM corn shipments -- Reuters

Canada: Government approach to GM crops slammed by first independent scientific panel -- just-food.com

Labeling of genetically modified foods should not be trade barrier: Vanclief -- Canadian Press

Food activist's trial wraps up -- Montreal Gazette

Canadian panel concludes GM crops need more 'rigorous' testing -- AgWeb.com

Researchers, producers divided over safety of genetically modified crops -- Canadian Press

Montreal activist against genetically modified foods fights mischief charge -- Canadian Press

Protests over modified crops to escalate: CSIS -- Southam News (Canada)

Greenpeace calls biotech ads 'false' -- CBC

Experts want beefed-up rules for Frankenfoods / Panel report says Mad Cow Disease should be a lesson -- Ottawa Citizen

Canadian consumers threatened by GM foods -- CBC

Set up agency to study biotech foods: report -- Montreal Gazette

Scientists tell Canada to be more cautious on GM food -- Reuters

From seed to table / Identity-preserved crops could bring big profits to Canadian farmers, but keeping bioengineered products untainted requires special skills -- National Post

Genetically modified spuds cleared / Inspectors had blasted 'extremely poor' field trials -- Toronto Star

Canada says EU, U.S. hold back world agriculture -- Reuters

Italians fear GM wheat contamination, Canada says -- Reuters

70 percent oppose cloning / Canadians skeptical about biotech: study -- Ottawa Citizen

GMO debate: 95 percent of Canadians want the right to choose what they eat -- Canadian Health Food Association press release

Canola farmer fights seed invasion / Lavern Affleck of Saskatchewan says farmers are being unwillingly swept into a situation where science is working against them -- Globe and Mail

July 10

GM food conference met by protest -- CBC

June 27

Seeds of doubt in patent case / Monsanto takes small-time Canadian farmer to court in case that involves biotech ownership rights -- Christian Science Monitor

April 8

Ottawa attacked over GM food campaign -- CBC

April 2

More protests against genetically modified food -- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

April 1

Consumers reject GM foods: poll -- Ottawa Citizen

March 28

Magazine insert leaves a bad taste / Ottawa pushes safety of bio-engineered food -- Montreal Gazette

February 28

Biotech lobby got billions from Ottawa -- Montreal Gazette

January 23

Canada growers watching the biotechnology debate closely -- AP

January 16

The future of GM food: A former agriculture minister speaks out on advances in biotechnology -- Ottawa Citizen

January 8

Canadians distrust GE technology -- Calgary Herald

January 5

Canada monitors anti-GMO campaign -- Ottawa Citizen

January 4

Genetically modified foods: The battle comes to Canada -- Ottawa Citizen

December 29

Label genetically modified food, almost all poll respondents say: two-thirds would refuse to eat genetically altered fare -- Montreal Gazette

December 27

Canadian food producers in disarray -- National Post

December 13

Canada: Top chefs want labels on genetically altered food -- CBC