Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank the witnesses for being here today.
As my colleagues said, we have held a few meetings now to study the topic of GM animals, particularly salmon, for the purposes of human consumption.
My question is for Mr. Rehn.
Two or three weeks ago, we had beef producers appear before us. They explained that, although their animals have been eating GMO grains for almost 20 years now, there are no traces of GMOs in the meat. So it would be logical to deduce that, even if humans eat genetically modified salmon, there would probably be no traces of GMOs in their bodies.
That brings us to the debate on the issue of labelling. Should the government interfere in non-scientific issues like labelling, or should it impose mandatory labelling the way other countries do?
You mentioned diabetes earlier. You know that in Canada, labelling must be bilingual, in French and English. Labels on products are already small. Should Canada require producers or processors to label their products, are we not sacrificing space that could be used for health information? For example, someone with diabetes must look at the different data in order to eat properly.
How do you respond to that? How have other countries managed this?