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Charest, give us the mandatory labeling of GMOs

Please sign and send this letter: http://write-a-letter .greenpeace.org/197

Charest, give us the mandatory labeling of GMOs

Mr. Jean Charest, Premier reelected

I take the trouble to write in support of many groups including Greenpeace in their efforts to that Québec should establish mandatory labeling of GMOs.

I am one of 80 to 95% of Quebecers who want the right to know, as is already the case in some forty countries, if there is food on their plates contain GMO or genetically modified organisms.

If your party has lost its absolute majority in the National Assembly is in large part because of your broken promises, like the one you made January 15, 2003 regarding the mandatory labeling GMOs. Breaking promises inevitably grow popular cynicism. This explains much of the rise of the ADQ, which has yet no concrete proposal on environmental issues, particularly regarding the mandatory labeling of GMOs.

We urge you to enjoy your status as a minority government to implement policies that Quebeckers want to be massive, as the mandatory labeling of GMOs. A study commissioned by your government have confirmed that the costs of mandatory labeling would be much lower than what the industry has always claimed to date. Indeed, the annual costs for the government reach only $ 1.7 million.

In mandatory labeling of GMOs, your minority government would obtain at least the support of members of the Parti Quebecois, which signed an unequivocal statement in favor of such a measure. Also, many members of the ADQ would no doubt support the requirement to label GMOs.

Please accept, Mr. Prime Minister, my best regards.

cc. Mario Dumont, leader of the ADQ official opposition leader Andre Boisclair, leader of the Parti Quebecois

http://write-a-letter.greenpeace.org/197

http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/fr/actualites/m-charest-ou-sont-les -labels

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Invasive Species: The U.S. Congress urged action

The Great Lakes Commission urges Congress to act immediately to protect water against the growing threat of invasive species.

The commission's recommendations will be the focus of discussions scheduled for next week in Washington at the policy conference the day of the Great Lakes. Despite

several attempts, the legislative priorities of the Great Lakes Commission have so far failed in Congress. The only protective measures taken against invasive species come from some coastal states. Michigan has passed such legislation on ballast water to stop the proliferation of zebra mussels.

According to the director general of the Great Lakes Commission, Tim Eder, it would be better to establish standards that apply to both U.S. states and Canadian provinces affected.


Several species are already wreaking havoc


Invasive species are of concern in the Great Lakes since the emergence in the '50s, the sea lamprey, a predator that has rocked the commercial fishing for trout.

The best-known invasive species is the zebra mussel arrived in Europe in the ballast water of ships. It has completely upset the food chain native to the Great Lakes. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) is a virus that infects various species of fish in the Great Lakes.

For its part, the Asian carp, a voracious predator and monstrous size escaped from fish farms of the Mississippi, just waiting for the right opportunity to enter the Great Lakes through the Chicago canal.


source: http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/regional/modele.asp?page=/regions/ontario/2007/03/02/008-espece-envahissante-gl . shtml