{"id":49660,"date":"2026-01-12T08:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nfu.ca\/farmers-urge-ottawa-to-protect-seed-saving-rights\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:38:17","slug":"farmers-urge-ottawa-to-protect-seed-saving-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nfu.ca\/fr\/farmers-urge-ottawa-to-protect-seed-saving-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Les fermi\u00e8res demandent \u00e0 Ottawa de prot\u00e9ger les droits de conservation des semences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-18124db\" data-block-id=\"18124db\"><style>.stk-18124db {height:14px !important;}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-5445ac3\" data-block-id=\"5445ac3\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Saskatoon, Saskatchewan<\/strong> \u2013 Quatorze organisations d&rsquo;agriculteurs et de d\u00e9fense des semences <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfu.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-08-FR-Letter-re-PBR-e-petition-to-Agriculture-Minister-MacDonald.pdf\">ont \u00e9crit<\/a> au ministre de l&rsquo;Agriculture et de l&rsquo;Agroalimentaire, Heath MacDonald, pour l&rsquo;exhorter \u00e0 \u00e9couter les agriculteurs canadiens \u2013 et non les multinationales semenci\u00e8res \u2013 et \u00e0 abandonner les restrictions propos\u00e9es aux droits de conservation des semences des agriculteurs.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-9faf7fe\" data-block-id=\"9faf7fe\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Des milliers de Canadiens ont sign\u00e9 <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noscommunes.ca\/petitions\/fr\/Petition\/Details?Petition=e-6778\">une p\u00e9tition<\/a> en ligne s&rsquo;opposant aux modifications propos\u00e9es qui rendraient ill\u00e9gal pour les agriculteurs de conserver des semences provenant de vari\u00e9t\u00e9s de fruits, de l\u00e9gumes, de plantes ornementales et de cultures hybrides prot\u00e9g\u00e9es par les droits des obtenteurs, m\u00eame apr\u00e8s avoir pay\u00e9 des redevances.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-3f9338a\" data-block-id=\"3f9338a\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Ce changement supprimerait ces cultures de la clause \u00ab Farmers&rsquo; Privilege \u00bb (privil\u00e8ge des agriculteurs) de la loi sur les droits des obtenteurs, disposition relative \u00e0 la conservation des semences que le Parlement a d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment maintenue apr\u00e8s un d\u00e9bat rigoureux en 2015. \u00c0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque, les l\u00e9gislateurs avaient reconnu l&rsquo;importance de la conservation des semences pour la durabilit\u00e9 des exploitations agricoles et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-fa063d1\" data-block-id=\"fa063d1\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">\u00ab Le Parlement a pris la d\u00e9cision claire de garantir que la clause relative au privil\u00e8ge des agriculteurs de la loi sur les droits des obtenteurs fonctionnerait pour les agriculteurs \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Jenn Pfenning, pr\u00e9sidente de l&rsquo;Union nationale des fermiers. \u00ab La r\u00e9ponse du ministre \u00e0 la p\u00e9tition \u00e9lectronique soutient la modification r\u00e9glementaire, affirmant que la clause de conservation des semences de la loi n&rsquo;aurait jamais d\u00fb s&rsquo;appliquer aux cultures horticoles et aux vari\u00e9t\u00e9s hybrides. Cela soul\u00e8ve des inqui\u00e9tudes quant au fait que les droits des agriculteurs sont intentionnellement restreints au fil du temps. R\u00e9interpr\u00e9ter la loi aujourd&rsquo;hui contredit la d\u00e9cision du Parlement, co\u00fbte de l&rsquo;argent aux fermiers canadiens, enrichit les plus grandes entreprises semenci\u00e8res du monde et, en fin de compte, affaiblit notre souverainet\u00e9 alimentaire nationale. \u00bb<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-0f762c4\" data-block-id=\"0f762c4\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Les organisations agricoles pr\u00e9viennent que ce changement obligerait les agriculteurs qui utilisent ces vari\u00e9t\u00e9s \u00e0 acheter des semences ou des plants chaque ann\u00e9e, ce qui augmenterait les co\u00fbts, affaiblirait leur autonomie et les emp\u00eacherait de s&rsquo;adapter aux conditions locales de culture, \u00e0 un moment o\u00f9 la rentabilit\u00e9 des exploitations agricoles est d\u00e9j\u00e0 sous pression.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-a479021\" data-block-id=\"a479021\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">\u00ab \u00c9tant donn\u00e9 que la plupart des semences potag\u00e8res sont produites et vendues par des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s \u00e9trang\u00e8res, cultiv\u00e9es \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9tranger et import\u00e9es, ce changement rendrait \u00e9galement le Canada plus d\u00e9pendant d&rsquo;autres pays pour son approvisionnement alimentaire \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Katie Fettes, directrice des politiques et de la recherche chez Cultivons Biologique Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-8545a21\" data-block-id=\"8545a21\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Les grands gagnants seraient les plus grandes entreprises semenci\u00e8res mondiales. Six multinationales contr\u00f4lent 64 % du march\u00e9 mondial des semences commerciales : Bayer (23 %), Corteva (19 %), Syngenta (10 %) ; BASF,&nbsp; Vilmorin &amp; Cie (Groupe Limagrain) et KWS d\u00e9tiennent chacune 4 % du march\u00e9. Bien qu&rsquo;elles soient souvent associ\u00e9es \u00e0 des cultures de plein champ comme le canola, le ma\u00efs et le soja, ces entreprises dominent \u00e9galement le march\u00e9 des semences potag\u00e8res. Si le privil\u00e8ge des agriculteurs \u00e9tait supprim\u00e9, ces soci\u00e9t\u00e9s exerceraient un contr\u00f4le encore plus grand sur l&rsquo;approvisionnement en semences du Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-ec5abc6\" data-block-id=\"ec5abc6\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">La suppression du privil\u00e8ge des agriculteurs ne compensera pas les ann\u00e9es de coupes budg\u00e9taires gouvernementales qui ont affaibli la s\u00e9lection v\u00e9g\u00e9tale publique au Canada. Les agriculteurs exhortent le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral \u00e0 r\u00e9investir dans la s\u00e9lection v\u00e9g\u00e9tale publique et \u00e0 maintenir les droits de conservation des semences. \u00ab Nous avons besoin de vari\u00e9t\u00e9s d\u00e9velopp\u00e9es pour le Canada, adapt\u00e9es \u00e0 la r\u00e9gion et r\u00e9sistantes au climat, afin d&rsquo;aider les fermiers \u00e0 b\u00e2tir des exploitations agricoles plus solides et plus durables \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Jessica Wood, directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de S\u00e8me l\u2019avenir.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">  &#8211; 30 &#8211;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-33781a7\" data-block-id=\"33781a7\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Pour plus d&rsquo;informations :<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cathy Holtslander<\/strong>, Union Nationale des Fermiers : holtslander@nfu.ca<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Katie Fettes<\/strong>, Cultivons Biologique Canada : katie.fettes@cog.ca<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sarah Preston<\/strong>, S\u00e8me l&rsquo;avenir : spreston@weseedchange.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-621c6f6\" data-block-id=\"621c6f6\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Organisations oppos\u00e9es aux restrictions propos\u00e9es pour le privil\u00e8ge des fermiers :<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/acornorganic.org\/\">Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network<\/a> (ACORN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/canada-organic.ca\/fr\">Association pour le commerce biologique du Canada<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rcab.ca\/\">R\u00e9seau Canadien d&rsquo;action sur les biotechnologies<\/a> (RCAB)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cog.ca\/fr\/\">Cultivons Biologique Canada<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/efao.ca\/\">Ecological Farmers of Ontario<\/a> (EFAO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/farmfolkcityfolk.ca\/\">FarmFolk CityFolk<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/foecanada.org\/the-bee-cause\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=10151348768&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADgK9OrXRfY2wAvHRDvketJfdYfbW&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA1JLLBhCDARIsAAVfy7iEV-Uxbl9m3SH7vcokgZe48M5hXBX8_R5jcEFqZSUJB0K2WjMKNL4aArpYEALw_wcB\">Les Ami(e)s de la Terre Canada<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/organic.yukonfood.com\/\">Growers of Organic Food Yukon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manitobaorganics.com\/events\">Manitoba Organics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfu.ca\/fr\/\">Union Nationale des Fermiers<\/a> (UNF)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/organicalberta.org\/\">Organic Alberta<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saskorganics.org\/\">SaskOrganics Association Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/onsemelavenir.org\/\">S\u00e8me l&rsquo;avenir<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youngagrarians.org\/\">Young Agrarians<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saskatoon, Saskatchewan \u2013 Quatorze organisations d&rsquo;agriculteurs et de d\u00e9fense des semences ont \u00e9crit au ministre de l&rsquo;Agriculture et de l&rsquo;Agroalimentaire, Heath MacDonald, pour l&rsquo;exhorter \u00e0 \u00e9couter les agriculteurs canadiens 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