Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the guests for being here today. I appreciate it.
I have a couple of questions.
I want to focus on two major areas. One is on our competitive position going forward, and the second is on the R and D and the innovation side.
On the competitive position that we talked about in the future, you talked about Russia putting tax on its exports. If you look at some of the studies that have been done before, Russia is way behind Canada with respect to innovation and its technology. The questions are these. First, is there going to be a good opportunity for us to step into this market in the future, because Russia does not have the technological or transportation systems and that will create an opportunity for us? Second, other countries are using land for agriculture, taking it out of forest production. Does that represent an opportunity for us?
On the R and D side and innovation, one of the comments was that we have an R and D and innovation fund set up under FP Innovations, but—and I guess it's to Mr. Gagnon's point—where are the people? We're not going to have the people five or six years down the road. We can do all this innovation, but we're not going to have any receptor capacity for it.
I'd like your comments on where the industry is with respect to that. Is it generally going to be a problem for us to spend all this money and not get anything in return?