I'm going to interrupt you, because we don't have a lot of time.
We've seen and are seeing that the biotech industry in Canada is alive and well. I don't think it's suffering in any way. Genetic engineering is a small part of it, we've learned. Biotech doesn't necessarily mean genetic engineering. There are all sorts of innovations that have happened, and the industry is moving forward.
But we also have the reality. The reality is that there are certain markets out there that are now accessible, for example alfalfa and wheat, but which could become inaccessible to farmers if they were shut down because of contamination.
So I have a hard time understanding why there was such a push and lobbying effort on behalf of your industry to basically shut down debate on my bill when we were studying it.
Further, Lucy, you mentioned there have been approvals with no public input. In the literature that I've studied, I've read that a lot of what we call “science-based” is science that's based on research done by industry, and independent scientists or scientists working for governments often have a hard time accessing that research. So when something's approved by Environment Canada or Health Canada, it's often based on research done by the industry without any independent research being done, and it's then approved for release into the environment.
So I would like to get a comment on that. Maybe we could start with Lucy and move down the row.