Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the Minister for being with us and for hanging on for a few minutes with us.
I think it is important that we maintain the risk-based approach to our decision-making and keep science as a foundation of what we're working on.
You mentioned in your comments avoiding the call for a demonstrable need for new living organisms. I think of the work that the University of Guelph does in research using CRISPR technology and other gene-editing platforms to improve life through genetic streams. The antimicrobial CRISPR-Cas9 system they're using is an example of trying to improve the life of animals and defending against antimicrobial resistance in their genes, since we consume animals when we're eating.
Given the complexity of this issue, as well as some of what Ms. Collins brought forward, how is the government addressing the issues relating to genetically modified organisms?