Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This is a question for Mr. Reid. This really relates to the production of seed more than to the CGC.
When I was in the United States meeting with some seed-producing multinationals that were talking about the environment—and I really think one of the value-added areas for producers in the future is the benefit of environmental sinks, crops that benefit the environment—I was informed by an individual that they are working on seeds that have an environmental impact. But for a producer to buy that seed, they would have to sign a contract through which the environmental benefit that would accrue as the result of growing that crop would actually go back to the developer of the seed by way of a royalty.
Do you know anything about that? I mean, it is astounding to me that when we grow a crop, we know we're not making a profit from growing the crop. But seed companies, through plant breeders' rights, are now even looking at trying to gain the profit from the environmental benefit of growing that seed. Do you know anything about that?