Agriculture committee  When I export seed into Europe, the contracts are written up “free of GMO seed”, understanding that there is a seed difference in size--

Agriculture committee  --from canola to the articles we're talking about. Plus, my farmers, my fellow colleagues, go through extraordinary steps to make sure they do not contaminate the seeds in the field, through the processing of the seeds in harvesting it, or on the farm through bins. So we are alre

Agriculture committee  No. We've set up a system to make sure there are no other GMO species. In the case of Roundup Ready alfalfa, you can't tell it from the conventional type. It's impossible. You can't tell the plants apart. We have set this up to take care of our other three crops: canola, soybean

Agriculture committee  A low-level presence would allow market acceptance, but then again, does the Government of Canada want Roundup Ready alfalfa on our land?

Agriculture committee  In your national parks, do you want Roundup Ready alfalfa to be cross-contaminated and growing in the parks?

Agriculture committee  Do you want it growing along the Trans-Canada highway?

Agriculture committee  I'm learning how you guys operate. You just keep talking.

Agriculture committee  No, but does the public... It's not a matter of whether it's bad for you or not. Does the public want Monsanto products? Is Monsanto or CFIA going to accept responsibility for their gene escape? That is the question. If they accept responsibility and I can turn around and sue t

Agriculture committee  That's--

Agriculture committee  But it says you have an environmental... The CFIA did an environmental impact so they have acknowledged the fact that they are in approval of Roundup Ready alfalfa being on the public's land.

Agriculture committee  They are...?

Agriculture committee  No--

Agriculture committee  Well, no... But they're your employees. The Government of Canada employees have said they are in favour of cross-pollination. They acknowledged in the discussion report that this is going to happen. So that means that the Government of Canada is in favour, by default, of our na

Agriculture committee  The LLP at 1% has the ability to kill the market share.

Agriculture committee  If the LLP is at 1%, it does have the ability, if it's improperly managed, to kill the market—zero.