Thank you.
The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network is concerned with greenhouse gas emissions and the life cycle of various feedstocks, but that's not our expertise and so perhaps we would refer you to other witnesses. I think tomorrow there's another group that has an expertise in that area.
What we've seen is these questions being raised. Our major concern, then, is actually the impact on global biodiversity, and then Canadian biodiversity, particularly when we see that an increased mandate for biofuels would mean increased industrial agriculture or monocropping, the use of genetically engineered crops. Even if Canada were not to be importing feedstocks for fuel, which still seems to be an open question, would we then instead be importing more feed for animals or more food? There still seems to be this question of a competition of land use for food or fuel or feed. Even given Canada's particular arable land and our particular conditions here, I think this is still a really important question for our position globally, and then for what it means for Canadian farmers and consumers.
Additionally, you asked about contamination. I think when we see Monsanto and other corporations like Syngenta promising to create new genetically engineered crops specifically for ethanol or for biofuel production, these are not necessarily crops that we want to see in the food system, and yet we know they will contaminate the food system. Even just two days ago the United States Department of Agriculture announced yet another contamination of corn that is not approved. So this is inevitable, and that's certainly a major concern as well.