Chair, I raise the point that again, this is touching on farmer privilege. I think amendment G-1 achieved the clarity that witnesses were looking for. We passed that, and there's the clarity that witnesses were asking for.
I have other concerns with this. One of them is around the words “does not impose unreasonable financial burdens on farmers”. I think that's problematic, because a lot of farms are businesses. There are other businesses in the value chain. Plant breeders may sell to farmers. They may sell to another enterprise in the value chain. It sets up this hierarchy of rights that's different.
It's not well-defined. What exactly does “unreasonable financial burdens” mean?
So I don't think it does clarify. I think it injects uncertainty. For that reason, I wouldn't support the amendment.