—there's a diversity. We say we can always do the work of four, but one thing that has changed in agriculture is change.
Agriculture, when I was actively involved to what it is now—and I haven't been inactive that long—has become a changing industry. It's an attraction to our young people. I believe, as I talk to them, the attraction to the young people is that we now have an industry that is not only domestic but global. It is an industry that in comparison to any other is a high-tech, innovative, engineered, and expensive industry to be in. That becomes a vision for our young people. The vision for them is that they're now in competition with like-minded businesses.
Agriculture was and some would say to me still that it's a labour of love. That's still true, but it has gone much beyond that. Going much beyond that also means there has to be a change in how we're going to provide for this new innovative industry through its research development and innovation.
It wasn't that many years ago that we never talked about genomes or genomics, so in the budget we have a little over $4 million going into genomics. It is effective in agriculture, whether it's in the livestock industry, the grains industry, the horticulture industry.
I'm wondering if as part of what the research and development and the industry itself.... It doesn't matter what organization you talk to, the whole cluster principle is so important to them because now they've become a partner. The institutions have become a partner, the industries have become a partner, and the government has become a partner.
Along with that, could you talk to me a little about that, or about the $4 million that has gone back into Genome Canada and research and development, please?
