I don't think we'd want to differentiate that. I think there's a role to play. Even in crops like canola, for example, where there's a huge amount of private sector investment, there's still a lot of public sector investment too. There are areas where the public does research that simply will never be done by the private sector. It could be on rotation, for example. If you add an oculant to pulse crops, they actually create nitrogen and put it in the soil so the farmer doesn't have to buy nitrogen the next year. The fertilizer, chemical, and seed companies would never invest in that research. It's actually just peer agronomic research that's good for farmers. We need some way to have money going back from farmers. We're willing to pay the royalties to help fund that, in partnership with government.
On September 16th, 2009. See this statement in context.