Agriculture committee  Of course.

Agriculture committee  There's no doubt that more access to market is making me more competitive. In Canada we always figure out better ways to produce more efficiently. In the future, it's a huge opportunity. There's no doubt about that.

Agriculture committee  I do not have specific data. However, I have some stories about my family in France. Consumers are definitely intrigued by GMOs and wonder about them. I think there is a lot of misinformation about GMOs in Europe. As we can see here, we are in good health. After several thousand meals consisting of GMO products, we are alive and well.

Agriculture committee  You must understand that a lot of our soybeans are already exported to Europe as GMO products and they are used to feed the animals. So cattle and hogs are already being fed with GMOs. If animals in Europe are fed with GMOs, I don't think there will be a problem with our pork and beef on the European market.

Agriculture committee  It will be me.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting Grain Growers to discuss the Canada-Europe trade agreement. Thank you for inviting Grain Growers of Canada to discuss the Canada-EU comprehensive economic and trade agreement. My name is Franck Groeneweg. I'm a Grain Growers of Canada director and the chair of our trade and marketing committee.

Agriculture committee  With the thresholds, it all depends on where you put the decimal, right? So on science, if we're going to talk about science.... We have, for example, the GM side, but as was said before, for example I have a market like canary seed, where a small amount of buckwheat is going to Mexico and that border has been shut.

Agriculture committee  I want to mention that we're totally for the co-existence of the two systems. Organic has its place in the market. It answers a typical growing niche market of consumers who want that. It's there and that's great. We're ready. We've got a lot to learn from each market. I also want to respond to the fact that there's an undue burden on the organic community, because that's reciprocal.

Agriculture committee  I could get started if you want. That would be good. Thank you for the opportunity to present to the Standing Committee on Agriculture today. I'm Franck Groeneweg. I farm at Edgeley, Saskatchewan. It's about half an hour northeast of Regina, Saskatchewan. I grew up in France on a farm south of Paris.