Thank you. I'll be very brief.
I move that the committee undertake a study that assesses the economic impacts on conventional and organic producers of the release into the environment of genetically modified--GM--alfalfa prior to commercialization via variety registration of Monsanto's GM Roundup Ready alfalfa, which has already received environmental and health approvals.
Basically my motion is saying that we should study very carefully and do an assessment of the economic impacts of this, specifically on organic farmers, with the ability of alfalfa to contaminate when it is used by organic producers as a fertilizer. This would also conform to the United States. They are upholding a nationwide ban on the planting of genetically modified Roundup Ready alfalfa pending a full environmental impact statement. So I'm asking that we do the same thing in Canada. Before we allow this to happen, we would undertake this study to assess the economic impacts of this, specifically on our organic farmers.