Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Just to clarify to my good colleague, I think we really need to understand that Bill C-474 did not bring this issue to the top. Bill C-474, as you know, is being debated. It is a bad bill because it is incomplete. I know we're the only ones who didn't support it, but it did not bring this to the....
And I really appreciate everybody taking the time to be here. I've been in agriculture all my life, and in biotechnology since 1996, which 15 years later leads me to this question. The biotechnology we see now—it was talked about in a study—is emerging. I just want to understand a little bit about it. Is this seen as emerging technology, or is it a technology that I see is about to burst—and maybe I'm wrong—wide open?
I'd like your comment. Where is it for agriculture and the consumer? What is this doing for both of those? I agree it's one of these tools, but I think things are happening so much in agriculture. As I said, I think those in agriculture right now, in the industry, are in one of the most fantastic and resourceful times the industry is ever going to experience.
Mr. Raizada, your comments, and Mr. Penner also, and then Mr. Ingratta.