Speaking for Ontario, we have wildly divergent views here, so for members of Parliament it is difficult for us to say anything other than that we have some reports that we hope the PMRA is taking into consideration in making decisions.
Another one is the amount of water being used. The gap in the EU is 2.8 billion cubic metres of water. More water is needed because non-treated seeds versus treated seeds are being used, and 533,000 hectares of land has to be incorporated to make up for the gap in productivity. It puts enormous pressure on the agricultural community to try to produce more with less land when the land isn't available, yet the EU is trying to find 533,000 hectares to replace it.
Clearly there are some economic consequences. I know that's not part of the scope of PMRA, but it's definitely something that we're concerned with as we're trying to support the agricultural community in Canada.
Mr. Hunter, on the review process, could you comment on economic versus scientific? You mentioned the stewardship of your organization. It's very shocking that we don't produce more seeds in Canada. Why wouldn't we do that, and what's the economic result if we go a different route from the rest of the world?