Thank you, Mr. Bachrach.
Again, as I mentioned, the call for the International Joint Commission reference has been put forward by the Ktunaxa Nation for over 10 years. It's a reference under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. It's a method by which Canada and the United States would share oversight of the watershed.
This has been requested because, for instance, the Elk Valley water quality plan, which was implemented in 2014, has not achieved the results that it set out to. Teck has not been in compliance with that since the beginning, in the almost 10 years that the plan has been in place.
From the committee's perspective, it's a matter of political will. It's something that has been discussed by the President of the United States and our Prime Minister. We know that it's, shall we say, on the radar. However, as I mentioned earlier, with this pending deal with Glencore, we need that oversight in place so we can stop polluting our neighbours and stop polluting our own backyard.