The key is not necessarily expanding the GROU program. It is remembering that the GROU program is a step towards harmonization. We have to stop fighting. We have to stop saying that USDA-approved science is better than our science, or no, it's not.
We have to come to a standard of what is an agreed-to science for each of these: the EU, the U.S., and ourselves. It's not that difficult to do. A lot of it is that we end up with little bureaucracies trying to protect their own turf to make sure they test everything that's been retested by someone else who's already tested it. We don't need to be doing that.
We need to come to an agreement. They're trying to do that with NAFTA labelling, where we say, “This is acceptable here, it's acceptable here, and it's acceptable here”. I was talking to William Van Tassel, who is with the FPCCQ. He was talking about a particular agriculture chemical that they would love to use in Quebec. I can use it on the Prairies, but he can't use it in Quebec. Why?
He described his land situation. I saw his farm. It's exactly the same as my place. It says on the label that he can't use it. Why? Because it's a minor use. The company would have to completely retest the whole chemical, all over again on everything, just to add one more province for that.