The mere fact of being seated on one side of the table rather than the other leads to partisan comments. I will not be indulging in partisanship, but I want to assure you that the members of the Bloc Québécois are convinced, as I'm sure everyone else here is, that we must come to the aid of farmers and side with them. I disagree with Larry when he says that this initiative goes against the needs of farmers.
I want to come back to the question I was asking Mr. Lauzon before the fire alarm interrupted me at the last committee meeting. Mr. Lauzon had told us at the time—and he has just said the same thing here today—that there was no need to vote in favour of this motion because in any event, everyone wants kernel visual distinguishability to be eliminated. We all agreed on that when we examined Bill C-39.
I also seem to recall that we all agreed—and perhaps I'm mistaken and so I'd like to put the question to Mr. Lauzon—not to eliminate KVD until another method had been implemented. Witnesses had also expressed to us their concerns about this.
The fact is that an alternative method has not yet been implemented. Yet, Mr. Lauzon had told us that according to the minister, everything was moving along well and that preparations for a new method were under way. However, we have no proof if this, hence the importance of this motion and of our support for Mr. Atamanenko's motion. When everything is done properly, then we will be prepared to give him our support.
Mr. Lauzon, what's happening with the alternative method that the committee had requested and that does not yet appear to have been implemented?