Harper Government Provides Stronger Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Breeders and Greater Crop Variety Access for Farmers

OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 06/22/15 -- Canadian Food Inspection AgencyAgriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced today that Canada has ratified the UPOV''91 treaty to improve the plant variety protection system. This important step finalizes one of the key measures of the recently-passed Ag ...