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Agriculture committee  Yes, it's clear that reinvesting in public research is one of our fundamental arguments. Currently, public research centres in the agricultural sector in Canada are being closed. This opens a door to investment in private research, and the companies involved have interests other than those in the public domain, unfortunately.

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  In Canada, there is already labelling that is not related to health. It may, for example, be a matter of religion. Think of kosher food prescribed by Jewish laws. Uses may or may not be imposed in other cases. Today, you ask us how it is that the public has lost confidence. They have lost confidence because there is no transparency, either in terms of regulations or labelling.

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  Thank you. First, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I speak on behalf of Vigilance OGM, which forms a network of associations and individuals from various backgrounds. So we have farmers, environmentalists, consumers and citizens. One thing we want to make clear at the outset is that public trust is not a public relations exercise.

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  Yes, loud and clear.

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  Thibault is my first name and my last name is Rehn.

April 4th, 2019Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  You know already that the government intervenes when it isn't strictly a health reason. There already are labels that are not solely health-based. They can be based on what we call “organic” features. They may have to do with health, ethics and the environment. There are labels based on religious considerations, including labels to indicate if something is “halal” or “kosher”.

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  So you have time to ask me some questions.

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  This matter has been addressed in the various presentations, including mine. I went to a supermarket and looked at the cereal boxes to determine what space was left for the information, including nutritional information, ingredient lists and logos. I realized that the space reserved on the overall packaging for nutritional information is very minimal, proportionally speaking.

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  Yes. The organization I represent is not against science. When people have diabetes, they use insulin that is derived from a genetically modified plan that secretes this substance. We totally agree with that. As long as it remains in a laboratory, and there is no possible contamination, and it is done in order to help people, we have no problem with this kind of technology.

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  If you have access to Health Canada's long-term study on the impact for human consumption, I would be really happy to see it, because I think nothing exists. There is no consensus on science, so it is not saying that there is a consensus and we need less science because everything is solid.

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  Once again, I simply have to look at the Statistics Canada figures. Since the introduction of GMOs in Canada, pesticides sales have risen 130%. How can we say that the use of pesticides has declined and that their impact on the environment has decreased? It's impossible. In fact, there were empty promises that would have us believe that GMOs would help us feed the world, grow crops in dry habitats or increase productivity.

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  Yes. There is Brazil and India.

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  Yes. In fact, the largest GMO producer in the world, our neighbour the United States, produces approximately 40% of all GMOs in the world. Then come Brazil and Argentina, who together also produce 40% of GMOs. There is also India and Canada, who produce approximately 6% each. As for India, the product is mainly cotton.

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  As I was saying earlier, GMOs have been on the market for 20 years. The Canadian government spends enormous sums to try to convince people that these products are safe, but it still isn't working. Health Canada published a survey recently and its results were sent to the committee two weeks ago.

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn

Agriculture committee  One of the main arguments is the fear that consumers will reject the product. You probably know that the industry spends a lot of money to develop new products. If the market does not exist, it would have been a very unfortunate investment. The second argument is that it will cost retailers too much.

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Thibault Rehn