Patenting of Living Organisms
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- Date
- 2001 July 4-11
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 23
- Mover
- Dr. David Gould
- Seconder
- Mrs. Anne Cruickshank
- Prologue
- That this Synod urges the Federal Government of Canada to resist any changes to the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement that will further restrict the right of national legislatures to place limits on the patentability of living organisms, including plant materials, believing that such limits are essential to the ability of developing nations to protect and maintain control over the genetic resources through which their populations may become self sufficient and upon which their economic futures depend.
- Amendment
- The mover and seconder agreed to change the words "urges" to "urge" and the word "resist" to "oppose".
- The amended resolution now read --
- Text of motion
- That this Synod urge the Federal Government of Canada to oppose any changes to the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement that will further restrict the right of national legislatures to place limits on the patentability of living organisms, including plant materials, believing that such limits are essential to the ability of developing nations to protect and maintain control over the genetic resources through which their populations may become self sufficient and upon which their economic futures depend.
- The amended resolution was then put and CARRIED Act 23
- Subjects
- Patents - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ecology - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Plants, Protection of
- Biotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects
- Agricultural biotechnology - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)