Pierre Lemieux at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

Thanks, Chair.

Thanks to our witnesses for being here today.

Jim, I just want to follow up on what you're saying there. You're saying that the bill will drive what you want to see, which is producer input into these decisions. What I would put forward is that the bill doesn't drive that. The bill just talks about studying the harmful economic impact of introducing GM seed or GM product. It doesn't force any change at all in the way producers work.

I would say that even though we don't have the bill in effect now, we have excellent examples of where producers and the industry work together. A great example is canola. A second great example is soybeans. We have examples of where the industry does exactly what you're proposing it should do, but without the bill. The bill doesn't drive any of the change that you perhaps want to see in your industry.

I guess I would just challenge you on that and ask how you would respond to that.