Unfortunately, I only have five minutes. I don't mean to be rude, but there's urgency. Planting will be happening in John's riding in probably the next two weeks. On May 1, guys will be seeding. That's why I was really stressing to the committee when we first requested the emergency meeting roughly three weeks ago that we needed to move more quickly and faster to get as much information in front of them...so they could make the best decisions.
I understand now the reason for the technical delegation. I'm disappointed that it's not already there and being done. To me, that should have been done two or three weeks ago and it should already have been crossed off the list of reality. I think we've done everything in Canada that we can do.
I think, Mr. Carr, you were in the media saying that CFIA has taken another look at the samples, and there's absolutely nothing wrong. We already know that the end result after all of this will be that there's nothing wrong with our canola. It's a safe product. There's actually something other than that. It's a political statement.
You still have to check that box, and I get that. In the same breath, however, you have to be planning for alternatives. The reality is that if you've checked that box and we have said that, yes, this canola is safe, and we have not changed our processes, and this is actually a political issue, what are you prepared to do?