Thank you, Chair, and thanks to the officials for being with us for the second hour.
I had hoped to have three more minutes back at the minister, but sadly I didn't get any more questions because he had to go. Time always goes fairly quickly. There are a lot of points that I wanted to clarify with the minister.
I asked questions about the Canadian organic standards, but I think there was a little misunderstanding. He said that the federal government does support organics and, as you know, this is a big issue when we look at Canadian organics compared to those of our major trading partners, the U.S. and the European Union. They get a lot of support. To be certified organic, we need to support the industry.
I've had a lot of discussions with people in organics in my riding in Quebec. They were wondering if the federal government will commit to consistent multi-year funding for support for the Canadian organics regime. Can you tell me whether there is any funding for the support of the organics, for the standards?