Thank you, Mr. Chair and witnesses.
Mr. Hepworth, in one of your overviews and in your statement you said 90% of canola, 65% of soybeans, and 65% of corn grown in Canada are GM varieties. Obviously, they're grown because farmers make a choice, they see there's an advantage to it. I haven't heard of any health issues because these are in place, whether it's with livestock or humans.
Because 65% of the soybeans we grow are modified, does it mean we are not able to export to countries around the world identity preserved beans, for example, that are not genetically modified?
On my farm, quite honestly, we tend to grow IP soybeans. They are a farmer's choice. They make that choice based on premiums and a host of other things they want to do. Of the 25 countries you've talked about, do we not have any access to those other countries because we are now a GM producer? Second, were they always GM countries, or were those countries, because of science, continuing to grow...? Is that significant because Canada has been basing its evidence and its markets only on science?