Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I too will repeat Mr. Hoback's comment, although I won't comment on his choice of movies. I do want to congratulate you for your work on the canola file and on the beef file. I think it's tremendous news for our farmers. As Ms. Johnston said, by 2050 food production has to increase by 50%, so I think it's important that we have access to those growth markets.
I'm going to continue with the line of questioning of Mr. Hoback and Ms. Lockhart in terms of consumer confidence.
Mr. Mayers, you've mentioned that it typically takes a company seven to 10 years to research, develop, and test the GM food before it has compiled enough data to submit an application to the Government of Canada. Here's what I want to understand. Is the government involved in the process in that seven to 10 years? Is there a back and forth with a department? I think you mentioned that.