Agriculture committee  I somewhat agree. Well, I totally agree. A point Mr. Bacon made, which was slight in my program—and I've been doing a lot of these government funding things for quite a few years—is that we cannot have a gap. You were very good in saying that by January 1 we've got to be going.

Agriculture committee  That's fair enough.

Agriculture committee  Probably most of it, yes.

Agriculture committee  No, no. It depends on the country.

Agriculture committee  In the marketplace in this country today, and more so in the U.S., a lot of the private sector companies have gone to GMO because they have a return on investment. The conventional farmer's right and privilege to keep his own is an issue, so you don't always get returns. There is in the world....

Agriculture committee  In this country?

Agriculture committee  Europe is non-GMO. Japan is non-GMO. The Asian fringe countries just buy basic commodities cheaply around the world market, so coming out of the U.S. or Brazil it would probably be GMOs.

Agriculture committee  That's correct.

Agriculture committee  Research is a long-term investment, and I'm glad you recognize that the research percentage is down. I deal a lot with public sector breeders, university, and AAFC. Most of the public researchers are over retirement age and are not being replaced—I'm talking about this government's public researchers—and the universities are cutting back.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to present to this important committee. It's a pleasure for me to be here today with my colleagues from the Canadian Soybean Exporters' Association to present our perspectives relating to marketing and trade under Growing Forward 2.