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[SANET-MG] a government opinion from Canada
The bureaucrat authoring the government opinion below was a student 
member of a research team that , some years ago, that showed Canadian 
public favored Bt sweet corn over conventional sweet corn in a highway 
market sale. In their final report the team failed to mention that the 
GM sweet corn had a sign over the sales bins for the conventional sweet 
corn saying "would yoiu buy wormy corn". The Canadian government 
presumably believes that the corn research was a model way to promote GM 
food!
Trends in Biotechnology 2006
doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2006.11.004
EU biotech crop regulations and environmental risk: a case of the 
emperor's new clothes?
Shane H. Morrisa, a,
a26 Woodford Way, Ottawa, Ontario, K2J4B9, Canada
European Union Commissioner for the Environment Stavros Dimas recently 
hailed ‘upgraded’ non-genetically modified (GM) crops as an alternative 
to GM crops. A comparative analysis of the environmental risks 
associated with such non-GM herbicide-resistant crops and GM 
herbicide-resistant crops is presented here. The analysis highlights 
serious weaknesses in the European Union (EU) regulatory framework, and 
the contradictory policy of the EU Commission on the precautionary 
principle is also shown. The continued political stance of ignoring 
these regulatory and policy inconsistencies is examined and found to be 
flawed. It is postulated that, even in the face of these flaws and 
coupled with recent statements from the UK drawing attention to 
inconsistencies in the EU regulatory framework, the EU will continue to 
ignore the real and present environmental risks associated with upgraded 
non-GM crops for biopolitical reasons.
AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA
AAFC
Shane Morris
Senior Consumer Analyst
Consumer Analysis Section
Telephone: (613) 694-2421 Fax: (613) 759-7480
Internet: morrissh@agr.gc.ca
The Consumer Analysis Section, Cross-Sectoral Food Industry Affairs 
Division, Food Value Chain Bureau, Markets and Trade Team, analyzes and 
reports on consumer and market demand trends and commercial issues that 
drive policy and program development and strategic business decisions in 
order to impact the future prosperity of the Canadian agri-food value chain.
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