Mr. Speaker, I have a rather simple question for my colleague, who likely remembers the history of agriculture.
The topic of seeds is a very sensitive one. Since humans have participated in agriculture, producers have held the historic right to save their seed.
We definitely want this bill to be studied at second reading. However, we are concerned about the fact that farmers could be held responsible if their fields are contaminated because of the existence of seed registration, where a company owns the intellectual property rights to a seed. They are not personally responsible, but they could ultimately end up being legally responsible.
I remind members of the case of Percy Schmeiser, who was accused by Monsanto. The case made it all the way to the Supreme Court and Mr. Schmeiser had to compensate Monsanto for the contamination of his field, even though he had not planted those seeds.
I would like to hear what my colleague thinks about that situation, about the scope of the bill and about what potential impact it could have on similar situations.