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Alex Atamanenko, member of parliament, BC Southern Interior, New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) (Castlegar, BC) - Atamanenko is the NDP's Critic on Agriculture & Agri-Food and Food Security. He sits on the Standing Committee on Agriculture & Agri-Food.

• Bill C-474
• Alex Atamanenko
• Francis Valeriote
• Jim Maloway
• David Anderson
• Pierre Lemieux
• Larry Miller
• Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) on Flax
• True Food Now (US)

• Bill C-474
• Transcript from March 17, 2010 Debate on C-474
• CFIA Decision Document for CDC Triffid Flax - CFIA
• The Day of the Triffid in Transgene Contamination - ISIS
• GM Flax Seed Yanked Off Canadian Market - Rounded Up, Crushed - StarPhoenix
• Saskatchewan Organic Directorate Position Paper on GMO Alfalfa - SOD
• Canola Council of Canada on segregation of GE being ineffective - Farm & Country
• Court says USDA violated law in approving GE alfalfa - The Organic & Non-GMO Report
• 2009 Ruling in GMO Sugar Beet Case
• Monsanto's GE alfalfa closer to U.S. approval & sales - Digital Journal
• Biotech Crops and Foods: The Risks and Alternatives - The Oakland Institute
• Bayer ordered to pay farmer $1 million is tab for modified rice - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• NDP MP’s GM bill worries canola industry - Western Producer
• Australia, learn from Canadian mistakes with GE Canola Greenpeace
• Study: Modified genes contaminated Mexican corn - Associated Press
• Reports of Bt contamination stain premium organic cotton exports - Business Standard
• Cotton, Contaminated? - GRAIN
• Triffid seed threatens flax industry - CBC

• March 15, 2010 Press Conference on Bill C-474. LISTEN
• Unedited audio of March 17, 2010 debate in Canada's House of Commons. LISTEN
• Francis Valeriote projects how a dialogue on C-474 might unfold in the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food if the bill is passed. Jon Steinman questioned if the partisan tone that has permeated much of the Committee's meetings throughout 2009 will get in the way. LISTEN

• January 3, 2008 "THE COLONIZATION OF THE CANADIAN FARMER: SASKATCHEWAN ORGANIC FARMERS VS. MONSANTO/BAYER"
• August 6, 2009 "GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SUGAR, TREES, ALFALFA AND WHEAT"
• April 10, 2008 MANDATORY LABELLING OF GE-FOODS (BILL C-517)"
• May 22, 2008 "BILL C-517 - MANDATORY LABELLING OF GE-FOODS (Part II, The Vote)"
• December 3, 2009 "CANADA'S AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD COMMITTEE ON GMOs"