In Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, we had the most beautiful federal centre, but it was closed. Imagine: a group of individuals took the centre from the producers and acquired it. It takes money for producers to conduct basic research, and we don't have any. In the case of a technology transfer, I think costs should be shared equally. Someone will have to fund basic research. There was also a potato research program in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, but all that was abolished. It wasn't the producers who abolished it.
On April 25th, 2007. See this statement in context.