Mr. Doering, I do agree with what you're saying and the fact that we don't need more laws and more regulations to tie the hands. There are always unintended consequences when you start changing these things. That's the reason it takes four or five years to get anything done, because you're trying to flesh out as many of these unintended consequences as you can. I believe we need to make it simpler.
We've talked to many witnesses who have come before us, through industry and all other aspects of life here, and one of the things that keeps coming up is that we need to work within what we already have. “Product of Canada” is something that does have a brand. Maybe we need to change, as you said, some of the aspects of it--whether you make it 80% or 70% or whatever. That's the quickest way to actually get something done on it.
I want to go back to this whole “Grown in Canada” issue. I was a little surprised. It's the first time we've really heard it, but what you said absolutely makes sense. You can use “Grown in Canada” if you want to right now. There's nothing prohibiting you from doing it, and you would have to have truth in labelling if you wanted to use “Grown in Canada”.
Do you really see the need for the government to get involved and intervene any more in the discussion on “Grown in Canada” versus “Product of Canada”?
