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Thursday, December 08, 2011
ATAMANENKO: COURT RULES – DEMOCRACY BREATHES
Conservative Bill to bulldoze Canadian Wheat Board against the law
Ottawa, ON – Alex Atamanenko, MP - BC Southern Interior is pleased with yesterday’s federal court decision on the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) in which the court ruled that the Minister of Agriculture acted illegally [...]
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December 05, 2011
NDP CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO SHUT DOWN HORSE SLAUGHTER INDUSTRY
Regulators and operators cannot be trusted to operate honestly or humanely
Ottawa – NDP MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) reacted today to a shocking investigation by the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC) which revealed inhumane horse slaughter and other abuses at yet [...]
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MARCH 23, 2011
OTTAWA – New Democrat Agriculture Critic Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior), says he’s disappointed but not surprised that the Conservatives failed to make agriculture a priority in yesterday’s budget.
“Those of us who have to work with Conservatives and their antics at the Standing Committee on Agriculture can tell you that [...]
Bill C-474 is defeated by 178 to 98
OTTAWA –New Democrat Agriculture Critic, Alex Atamanenko MP (BC Southern Interior) chastised the Harper Conservatives and their Liberal counterparts for defeating his GMO bill in the House of Commons last night.
“Once again we see these two major parties putting the interests of their [...]
OTTAWA – On the heels of last night’s special parliamentary debate, New Democrat Agriculture Critic Alex Atamanenko is challenging the Harper government to stop taking his policy from Biotech industry lobbyists and support his Bill C-474 in the final House of Commons vote tonight.
“I was disappointed that so few MP’s other [...]
I have long been convinced that big biotech companies such as Monsanto have been running a scam in regards to their genetically engineered (GE) crops. Despite fifteen years of failed promises to feed the world’s hungry and more recently to save mankind from climate change, the Canadian and US governments inexplicably continue to write [...]
US decision to allow unconfined release of GE alfalfa a disaster for Canada’s organic industry
OTTAWA – New Democrat Agriculture Critic, Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior), is calling on Prime Minister Harper to urge the US Government to immediately reverse yesterday’s decision to authorize the unrestricted cultivation of Monsanto’s hotly contested genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa [...]
Food Banks Canada released its HungerCount 2010 survey in November. The report paints a grim picture of poverty in Canada and the continued growth in the need for services like food banks and other charitable food providers in our communities. This snapshot from thousands of hungry Canadians and from hundreds of food banks across [...]
Dozens of biotech lobbyists spending hundreds of thousands of dollars facing off against NDP MP
OTTAWA – The massive Biotech lobby has spent nine months and hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting against New Democrat Agriculture Critic Alex Atamanenko’s seed bill.
“The amount of muscle flexing by big biotech against my simple bill has [...]
About 100 people attended the forum at Christ the King Catholic Church in Oliver, which was co-hosted by the church’s Development and Peace committee. Panellists included a local orchardist, farmer, Community Garden and Farm to School activist, and Development & Peace member.
Topics such as international trade issues, CETA, apple dumping, barriers and challenges to [...]