Thank you, Mr. Bellavance.
I was at meeting last week in Washington with the United States Department of Agriculture on some of their projects. One of the projects they were looking at was nanocrystalline cellulose. We're also doing some research in that area, particularly in Alberta at the National Institute for Nanotechnology, based at the University of Alberta. There are applications being examined in the food area.
Currently there's a derivative of cellulose that's used as a thickener in various food products. It's called methylcellulose, and that thickens up products. They're now examining the use of nanocrystalline cellulose as a substitute or alternative for methylcellulose in various food products. It's still in the very developmental stage.
But I'll go back to my point. We need to have the community involved, the forest community involved as well as the food industry and the consumers, as we develop these projects. So it's completely transparent, or as transparent as we can make it, so that when we bring it to market, then the regulatory hurdles hopefully will be lowered and consumer acceptance will be much greater.