Table 1.

Perspectives regarding Canadian regulations (N = 93).

	Public sector				Private sector
	Agree	Disagree	Don't know	No response	Agree	Disagree	Don't know	No response
To accelerate my research project, I have conducted or considered conducting field research outside of Canada to avoid regulation under the confined research field trial for PNTs.	8%	44%	N/A	6%	19%	19%	N/A	3%
Science-based development, evaluation and commercialization of Canadian innovations has provided a competitive advantage for Canadian products in the world market.	22%	9%	25%	3%	10%	6%	18%	8%
I have transfered germplasm from a Canadian R&D project to collaborators outside of Canada in order to accelerate commercialization.	3%	45%	0%	10%	6%	18%	0%	17%
The regulatory requirements need to be updated as we learn more about the safe use of technology.	46%	0%	6%	5%	31%	2%	6%	2%