Thank you, Mr. Easter. You're correct that AFMNet received $5.6 million a year. We acted as a granting council for Canadian researchers in the agrifood sector, also in the social sciences and humanities sector in relation to food.
As I indicated in my presentation, what this funding does is address the issues that I was asked to address on intellectual property, some socially relevant issues around sodium, trans fat.
The sad thing about the withdrawal of funding is that it takes so long to build up infrastructure and expertise, and then once funding is removed, regardless, it really erodes that ability to move forward in an expeditious manner. That's the sad thing about withdrawal of funding.