First, I want to congratulate both of you for your presentations this morning. I feel that you've been very constructive in not only your criticism but also your observations in terms of moving forward. I value your judgment in terms of taking into consideration the primary producer and the flow-through costs that are associated oftentimes, passed on and then sort of kicked back and picked up by the producer. I think we have to be very cognizant of that.
To both of you, really, I'd like to go back the question from Mr. Miller in terms of the whole industry of the bio-industry, as we see it, and the research that will have to take place, not only for new breeds, as Mr. Reid alluded to, but new varieties as well. We find ourselves in somewhat of a conundrum in that we're developing varieties in Canada that the European Community will not accept because of the GMO context, whether it's for reasons of trade, a non-tariff barrier, or whatever it might be.
How do we function in an environment where we need to create new varieties in our own economy, for the good of the Canadian agricultural economy, and yet we're limited somewhat by what we might be able to do and what we already have? We know that GMO wheat, in terms of the resistance to Roundup, is not going to fly at this moment.
So I'm just wondering, how do we deal with that in this environment? How do we move forward and...seem somewhat restricted by doing so?
That's directed at both of you.