I understand that the organic sector has concerns, but the vast majority of the agricultural sector in this country is delighted with our announcement.
The grain and seed sector has made giant strides. The traceability database is going to be complete and significantly more detailed. We're going to make sure it includes all seeds that have undergone genetic manipulation, whether it's genome editing or genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. This will be properly catalogued. We've set up an advisory committee that will closely monitor the situation and make recommendations.
As for the government, it will ensure monitoring. The industry is committed to having a comprehensive, regularly updated and easy-to-use database.
If you look at what's being done in the United States or elsewhere, you'll find that Canada offers the most transparent system. When I recently spoke to my colleagues in other countries, including Japan, Singapore and the United States, particularly in Washington, they told me they thought our system was based on common sense and they were looking at it closely.
The standards will therefore be imposed by industry, as is the case for many other agricultural standards.