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Dear ---,
I am writing to you to express my very deep concerns about Terminator seeds and to ask you to call for a ban on this dangerous technology.
Terminator is designed by the multinational seed industry to make seeds sterile after first harvest. The goal of Terminator is to prevent farmers from saving and re-using seed, forcing them to buy seed from corporations every season. Terminator has been widely and strongly condemned, in Canada and across the world, because it threatens farmer livelihoods, food security, and agricultural biodiversity.
There is currently an international moratorium on Terminator at the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. In March 2006, Canada and other governments across the world upheld and strengthened the moratorium but we need a permanent commitment in order to protect the future of farmers and farming in Canada from powerful multinational corporations and this dangerous technology.
I ask you to state your strong opposition to Terminator and support the creation of legislation to ban Terminator technology in Canada.
Thank you for your consideration and for your attention to this urgent matter.
Yours sincerely,