Yes, it would have been much easier. The Canada Evidence Act, section 23, allows for foreign judgments and foreign findings to be applied in Canadian courts, and it certainly would have streamlined and assisted any prosecution. The fact that it took almost another three years for the case to get brought before a court and for it to be resolved is unexplained at this point. Why did it take so long? The Canadian standards are based on the American standards, so in essence you're dealing with exactly the same case. You're dealing with exactly the same evidence. You're dealing with the same victims. You're dealing with the same people who uncovered the problem in the United States. My view is that when you have, in essence, the same company, it's a different corporate entity, but it certainly would be of great assistance in any prosecution. It doesn't mean that there would be no paper involved in the prosecution. There'd be lots of paper involved, but the prosecution should have been much more streamlined.
