Agriculture committee  From a regulatory standpoint, you mentioned the CFIA. In our industry, we have the CFIA, the Canadian Grain Commission and Health Canada that are all regulating at different times and oftentimes, possibly too often, overlapping in their regulation and involvement in the industry.

Agriculture committee  I agree completely with the comments that were made. I would, however, like to add one other point, which is very important: we will only be able to invest in research or the development of new technologies on condition that we are certain that we respect scientific requirements

Agriculture committee  As I said, in Canada, the advantage our technological, scientific and other capabilities give us are being threatened by sociopolitical pressure. To follow up on Mr. Casey's point, I would say that as a society we are willing to accept the use and application of science in a mul

Agriculture committee  There are two things I'd like to point out. First, at the government level, we have to make sure that the debates that take place are fact-based, and not based on anecdotes or fabrications. Secondly, regulation should be applied with scientific rigour.

Agriculture committee  Good morning. It's a great pleasure for me to take part in this morning's meeting from Winnipeg. On behalf of Richardson International Limited, I'm truly grateful for the opportunity to appear before you to address an issue that is both critical and timely in Canadian agricult

Agriculture committee  Yes, very well, thank you.