I look at it as a minister of one year, I guess. I talked a little bit about the issues and what the expedience of processes has done to Canada as a whole. You don't have to look too far. It's seeds, feeds, fertilizers and innovation technology. On the innovation side, we can look at how long the U.S. has been using drones, which are climate-friendly; precision farming and less spray. We implemented them just in the last year, but the U.S. has been using them for, I don't know, eight years, 10 years or something to that effect.
People get concerned about pesticides, and I get it, but the bottom line is that we're not going to jeopardize the health of Canadians with any legislation. It's not going to happen. I think we need to make sure that we have our farmers on a level playing field with farmers in other countries.
We're importing food. We all eat apples. Apples are coming from Mexico. Apples have pesticides on them. Nobody's talking about it. We need to keep it in perspective. I think there are some groups out there that like to raise the red flag, but those are likely the same people who are eating from a bag of McIntosh apples this morning. That's what annoys me. We're not doing anything that no other country is doing. Some of these products have been approved in other countries for five years, six years, seven years or longer.