Thank you very much, gentlemen.
Mr. Everson, you mentioned low-level presence. I'd like some clarification on that.
It's my understanding that the canola industry is successful. You've developed markets and you export to certain countries that accept canola, but you cannot export to those that do not accept GM canola, I would imagine. That's the state of the world today.
I don't understand how low-level presence affects canola, because either there's a high-level presence or there's no presence. Are you saying that if there's contamination of other crops, such as wheat or any of our other exports, there should be a certain amount of low-level presence because there's a possible contamination from other genetically modified crops, such as canola?
I'd like clarification on that.
The other thing is there are certain commodity groups and certain people who believe that before any new crops are released—for example, in B.C. we have the Arctic apple that's scheduled to be released, or alfalfa in eastern Canada—we should be looking at the potential of market loss. That should be a criterion in approving any new genetically modified crops, for example such as they use in Argentina. I know that in British Columbia, the Union of British Columbia Municipalities passed a resolution saying it does not want any GM tree fruit product at all in the province.
Both of you, please, if you have any comments on my questions, I'd really appreciate them.