Agriculture committee  On the first question, the bill you are bringing forth is important for Canadian farmers. There needs to be some mechanism in place for evaluating that kind of harm before a product gets out, because it spreads in unexpected ways, as Terry has talked about. There are two levels

Agriculture committee  Yes. It is interesting. I mentioned the report produced by the scientists from the Royal Society of Canada in 2001. I always refer to them because it was the first time that scientists from all over Canada submitted an independent report on this issue. These were university sci

Agriculture committee  It is Carleton, yes. We're not meant to be mistaken, are we?

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for having me here today. My name is Peter Andrée and I'm a professor in political science at Carleton University. I come at this from having studied the regulatory system in Canada for a number of years and having done research interviewing our regulators,