Letters

Application for leave to submit written views by the NFU, a Non-Governmental Organization, in the dispute regarding certain Mexican measures concerning biotech corn

To: TMEC Secretariat, Mexican Section Pachuca No. 189, 17th floor Colonia Condesa, Demarcación Territorial Cuauhtémoc C.P. 06140, Mexico City   Dear Secretariat: On behalf of the National Farmers Union (Canada)

Letter – Urgent need to reinstate safety assessments and transparency for all GMOs

Today we are asking you to hear our concerns, and the concerns of many Canadians, and return to Health Canada’s initial proposal for pre-market regulation of gene edited products. Reversing the changes to regulatory guidance can and should be made immediately, before products begin to slip through unregulated.

National Farmers Union Congratulates New Manitoba Premier-Elect Kinew

Premier-Elect Wab Kinew Manitoba NDP 878 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3G 0P1 Via e-mail:  FortRouge@mbndp.ca Dear Premier-Elect Kinew: The National Farmers Union (NFU) sends our congratulations to you and your

NFU asks Canada not to join US-Mexico GM corn dispute panel

The National Farmers Union (NFU) urges Trade Minister Ng to respect Mexico’s decision to prohibit imports of GM corn for human consumption, as it has put these measures in place in order to uphold its food sovereignty, including the traditional Indigenous farming systems known as milpa. We urge you to refrain from having Canada join the Panel as a Third Party in the US dispute with Mexico in order to avoid escalating our role in this dispute out of respect for Indigenous rights, Canada being signatory to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and to support Canada’s biodiversity protection commitments as a signatory of the UN Convention on Biodiversity.

Joint NFU, WGA letter re CGC changes to Canadian grain grading

The National Farmers Union (NFU) and the Wheat Growers Association (WGA) disagree on many policy matters but we are united in our opposition to the harmonization of primary and export standards for wheat until further clarifying evidence of the impact on farmers and customers of Canadian grain is done, as was moved and passed by the CGC’s Western Standards Committee at their April 4 meeting. The impending CGC grade standard change has costly implications for farmers’ incomes. For example, harmonized test weight means that CWRS wheat (hard red spring wheat used for baking bread) must weigh at least 63.3 lbs/bushel when delivered to the elevator instead of the current standard of 60.1 lbs/bushel or it will be downgraded to a #2.

Letter for French Ambassador Miraillet—Solidarity with Confédération Paysanne

Dear Michel Miraillet, The National Farmers Union of Canada/Union Nationale des Fermiers (NFU) expresses deep solidarity with our sister organization in France, Confédération Paysanne and its members who are engaging

Letter – NFU urges Canada to stay out of US-Mexico corn dispute

The National Farmers Union (NFU) urges Trade Minister Ng to not bring Canada into the USA's dispute over GM corn import prohibition, and to respect Mexico’s decision to prohibit imports of GM corn for human consumption. Mexico has put these measures in place in order to uphold its food sovereignty, including the traditional Indigenous farming systems known as milpa.

Letter – Crown land leaseholders deserve vote

I am calling — and lease holders need to call for – the provincial government to hold a referendum amongst agricultural Crown land leaseholders from 2015 to now and ask the critical question: Do leaseholders wish to see the province stop its highest bidder system and restore the points-based system and more reasonable leasing fees?

Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau re President of the CFIA

Upon learning that the President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency retired effective January 20, 2022, the NFU sent the following letter to Prime Minister Trudeau. Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,

Letter – Protect the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve

On January 10, 2022 the NFU’s National President and NFU Ontario President sent the following letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling on the federal government to transfer ownership of