International Trade committee  In the TPP, there are provisions in the LLP that would cover it off. Identity-preserved, non-GMO soybeans are a great example in Ontario. Twenty-five per cent of the soybean acreage in eastern Canada is for non-GMO IP soybeans that get exported into many of the TPP countries. Export companies, like the great Canadian company Richardson International, export lots of soybeans.

International Trade committee  She touched on it a little bit: our increase in yields, better agronomy, better technology that we are using, integrated farming systems, and new technology in seeds. Ontario is a great example. Ten years ago, we were a net importer of corn. Now we are a net exporter. When we talk to Ontario grain farmers, one of the questions we ask them as the seed sector is how come we are exporting more, and they say, “Because we are growing more.

International Trade committee  Good morning. On behalf of the Canadian Seed Trade Association, CSTA for short, I would like to thank the committee for the invitation to discuss our perspective on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. My name is Dan Wright and I serve as the second vice-president on the board of directors of CSTA.