Good morning. I'd like to thank you for allowing Genome Prairie to make this submission.
In the form of a quick introduction, I grew up on a mixed family farm in Melville, Saskatchewan. I trained at the University of Saskatchewan, where I received a doctoral degree in crop science. I was employed as a researcher and a manager with the federal government from 1973 to 2008, particularly working with Agriculture Canada and the National Research Council. I certainly had the privilege of seeing and participating in the development of biosciences and the growth of biotechnology as part of all of that.