Agriculture committee  I would simply comment in support of what Dr. Phillips has already mentioned, but I do believe there is sufficient evidence around innovation and the investment environment. Going to Mr. Shipley's question, this can impact the scientific endeavours particularly of our new innovat

Agriculture committee  I would comment on the second component, wondering where we stand in relation to what's happening in terms of food security and production around the planet. Brazil is a good example, as they are now producing over 50 million or 60 million acres of transgenic product per year. In

Agriculture committee  GMO is part of the tool box, and it's going to fit in a bunch of areas but not all of them. The pulse crop industry was shown as an example where it's not necessarily used right now.

Agriculture committee  Thank you. Certainly there are some benefits coming, and this is really a genomics-based transformational system whereby the new field of genetics, as we understand it, is going to provide a range of new possibilities. I did mention a number of traits that are under tests. Certa

Agriculture committee  As researchers, we do not provide directly. Upon request we will provide analytical tests. Certainly within the health area, the FDA and, in the case of Canada, Health Canada are responsible for the health and safety of all products, including GMO products. Bill C-474 doesn't dea

Agriculture committee  I would agree with that comment.

Agriculture committee  I would be able to comment quickly on the small and medium enterprises we're trying to develop in Canada. The CEOs and presidents of those companies I've talked to about this have expressed concern that this debate is happening, because it really reflects on investments made in t

Agriculture committee  Thank you. I would recommend that the science principles be the key and only principles in the regulatory framework to allow for the innovation. Post-innovation there are many other issues, and they can be trade or market, as I mentioned before. Adventitious presence can be deal

Agriculture committee  My comments were intended to refer specifically to the use of what I would call “non-science-based issues”, such as market assessment in our regulatory framework. My intent is certainly not to dwell on the issue of emotion, and I apologize if that's taken incorrectly. I think ou

Agriculture committee  I'm not totally familiar with all the issues regarding Argentina; I do know they do have research capabilities to develop new crops. Of course, these are well-established technologies that have been developed in other centres before Argentina adopted them for its own germplasm.

Agriculture committee  Thank you. Speaking from the science end of this--and you have a host of reasons why science is important--if all of this is to move our economy forward, we do need to build our economic plan on a strong science system. So as a researcher, and speaking for the research communit

Agriculture committee  Good morning. I'd like to thank you for allowing Genome Prairie to make this submission. In the form of a quick introduction, I grew up on a mixed family farm in Melville, Saskatchewan. I trained at the University of Saskatchewan, where I received a doctoral degree in crop scie

Agriculture committee  Should I wait?

Agriculture committee  Today I'm pleased to represent Genome Prairie. We are a regional centre of Genome Canada. We cover the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. We are very interested in facilitating and coordinating new initiatives related to biosciences, particularly in the emerging area of ge