Personally, I think it's a bit of both.
In terms of the Okanagan Plant Improvement Corporation, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of the BC Fruit Growers' Association. Clearly, their direction is to commercialize new varieties. It never was in their mandate to actually breed those varieties. Over time, we have developed a tremendous relationship with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Summerland, with the plant breeders who were there. As you know, the Okanagan Plant Improvement Corporation does the commercializing of any new varieties developed at the Summerland station.
As time has gone on, naturally, through the DIAP program, PICO did apply to receive some substantial funds, as you've indicated—$2.3 million. That money is really going to flow a benefit across Canada in terms of what the breeding program in Summerland is able to supply. PICO will then turn those plant varieties and new cultivars around and allow producers in the various producing provinces across Canada to try those cultivars in their particular climactic region to see if they are viable and have potential to grow in their specific region. Much of the money allows trial planting on a limited basis throughout all of these provinces, such that the industry in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, or New Brunswick are given a chance to do first-hand trials. It is being funded through that very same DIAP program that PICO has.
I still see a really good, strong bond and relationship existing between the employees of AAFC and PICO. Also, on the commercialization side, PICO has been sharing royalties with AAFC to pay for some of the costs of the plant breeders. It has been a win-win situation. I think this has been a positive collaboration. I would sure hate to see it totally transferred to the industry, because what better example of collaboration—and we are talking about collaboration—can you have than industry working with researchers who are basically AAFC employees?