WINNIPEG — Leaders of agricultural groups in Canada often use the same phrases when speaking to the media. If the topic is a new ag technology, they’ll usually describe it as “another tool in the tool kit.” When the topic is agricultural trade or barriers to trade, they’ll say that Canada’s regulatory systems are “world […] Read more
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Health Canada pushes back on regulatory critics
The department has been criticized for an unpredictable process, but it argues that it ‘makes evidence-based decisions’
Politicians, agriculture investors, ag tech companies, industry consultants and representatives of the crop science industry say Canada’s regulatory system has a bad reputation. They claim that politics and public opinion are influencing Health Canada decisions around pesticides and new technologies like gene-edited crops. Related stories on this issue: Death by consultation Canadian ag tech firms […] Read more
Health Canada pushes back
Politicians, investors, ag tech companies, industry consultants and representatives of the crop science industry say Canada’s regulatory system has a bad reputation. They claim politics and public opinion are influencing Health Canada decisions around pesticides and new technologies such as gene edited crops, and that the regulatory process has become unpredictable and unclear. Related stories […] Read more
