Mr. Gowland, I think the most significant thing that's been said today is that this gives us an opportunity to sit around and talk about the issue, and that's what's important. I want to dispel the fear that may have been imbued in you by some about people's positions on this.
You live in an agricultural world. Most Canadians think their food comes from grocery stores, not from farms, as you know. In order for us to overcome some myths associated with GMOs, we have to have a conversation. We have to demystify the whole idea of GMOs. That demystification won't happen if we don't let the Canadian public in on these conversations. We talked about GMOs for about four hours last year, I think, and that was it. A lot of people I talk to think that GMOs are some sort of “Frankenscience”. Of course, we know it isn't.
A lot of people don't realize that we have to build such huge capacity in developing worlds. I was at the FAO United Nations conference last year in Rome. Even members from civil society recognize that GMOs have a place in the building of that capacity in developing countries, especially when we have to increase our food production by 70% over the next 40 years to feed 3 billion more people.
A number of people have also expressed to me something that Alex had referred to in his statement, and that was the concentration of power within a couple of companies. That is another side to this coin for another discussion at another time—you know, the controlling of seeds, which farmers want access to, and those kinds of conversations.
I just want you to know that we believe in science as well, and that is the foundation for our decisions.
Having said that, I want to know more about LLP. If Alex hadn't brought this motion, you wouldn't have been able to be here today to talk about low-level presence, which is what you see as a solution. You've already identified that in certain cases it's zero tolerance. I'm not trying to dismiss Alex's intent here at all, but I'd like to know more about this low-level presence.
Can you tell me more about that, JoAnne?