Agriculture committee  Arnold might be able to....

Agriculture committee  It's tens of billions of dollars.

Agriculture committee  It's substantial, and it's the fastest-growing market in the world in the agricultural sector.

Agriculture committee  It's very substantial. One of the reasons that companies like Wal-Mart, for example, are interested in getting into the organic market is because it is one of the fastest-growing markets in developed countries. So that's the appeal.

Agriculture committee  As a sidebar here, just because CETA agrees to something doesn't mean European or Japanese consumers are going to accept it; the EU and Japan can still label their food however they want to. Consumers can still make that differentiation, whether CETA says they want to adhere to a

Agriculture committee  Can you clarify what you mean when you say “Canada accepts zero”.

Agriculture committee  I think that Bill C-474 took that into account, because it was a harm based on market opportunity. It didn't specify what the market would dictate. It just referred to harm based on a market assessment.

Agriculture committee  I think Arnold is better....

Agriculture committee  I didn't know I had a time limit. You opened a Pandora's box. I'm sorry.

Agriculture committee  Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't know that.

Agriculture committee  I beg your pardon.

Agriculture committee  That's a great question. Thank you for asking it. It's a question that's complex to answer because genetically modified organisms have the potential to have such a huge impact. It touches on all different aspects of life in Canada. We're looking at the farming system as a who

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. I'm an associate professor at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo. I'm here because I do research and teach about the global food system, and in this capacity I'm here to talk about biotechnology and the agrifood sector in Canada. As a professor, I am wo