I think it works on two levels, particularly if we're going to talk about crops. By way of example, we definitely need to increase the capacity to take knowledge from the laboratory through to the field. That means we need to improve our capabilities to undertake plant breeding in a modern sense and to develop new varieties. I'm not talking of GM here; I'm talking about our ability to work with genetics, to take it to the field using the tools that are available.
Genomics technologies are now widespread. The sequencing of the genome will be critical and will be common practice for crop improvement. We need to be in that space quickly to be able to deliver that knowledge to firms and into breeding programs, be they public or private.
And I think we really want to see the best level of investment and support we can have for small innovative companies. We have tremendous entrepreneurs in Canada. They need to be given a fair chance to take their products and ideas and to push them forward. So whatever can be done through Growing Forward 2, and through the creation of a new funding entity of the type that's recommended in the R and D panel report, would really put our companies on a fair plateau with what's going on internationally. We could see Canadian branded products all over the world, because we do make excellent food products.