Agriculture committee  I'm a public researcher, and I could write a book on grant applications. You don't want to get into that. I agree that there has been a loss, certainly, in the support of public research. I think, probably, that we need to sit back and take a look at where those public funds ar

Agriculture committee  That's correct.

Agriculture committee  With winter wheat, because it starts off in the fall and is established in the spring, it has a big jump on spring wheat. So it takes much better advantage of the moisture that's available and has a longer growing season. Wherever winter wheat can be grown in the world, it is the

Agriculture committee  That's why winter wheat has been expanding. Even if it goes into the feed market and you're paid less, there's a big advantage to growing winter wheat where you are able to grow it successfully. The other point is, we talk about the United States and Canada. In Canada we have a

Agriculture committee  Yes. It's not just whether wheat makes a good loaf of bread or not. In this day and age, there's an awful lot of interest in who produced the wheat and how it was produced, so there are different quality characteristics that consumers emphasize. You just have to go into some of t

Agriculture committee  And it wasn't just a shelf on one side that has the industrial-type bread. I think this is where we are missing an opportunity in western Canada. I think we also need to look at that much more closely in all of Canada. We tend to look at hard red spring wheat and durum as being

Agriculture committee  It's registered for production. I have a number of varieties that are grown in the United States. When I first started my breeding program in winter wheat there was not any winter wheat being grown outside of southern Alberta. The U.S. was the main source of germ plasm for the br

Agriculture committee  Well, as you know, this is a very complex issue. The question of GMOs goes beyond the biological significance of being able to move genes from one species to another, but goes into the political area. You people are much more adept, I think, at dealing with the politics than I am

Agriculture committee  I thought so. I'm trying to get through it in ten minutes. And I'm a university professor, so I can go fast.... You want it slower, do you?

Agriculture committee  You have to give me an extra two minutes, then.

Agriculture committee  Then you're not going to get to my solutions.

Agriculture committee  Okay, I'll go to my solutions. I think it's important we understand that there are options out there and there are living examples. The one in Quebec right now is a perfect example. It's also important to understand that these options are being utilized outside of this country.

Agriculture committee  In the interest of saving time, I will stick closely to my speaking notes. First, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to address this committee. In the time I have today, I will restrict my comments to a consideration of the competitiveness of Canadian agriculture as it

Agriculture committee  It's only used in western Canada.

Agriculture committee  I'd like to correct that. Within the Canadian Wheat Board you can use variety names. They buy on variety names right now, and it doesn't have to be certified seed. Only Warburtons does that. In respect of misrepresentation, I think the answer to your question is in Australia. I