I am not sure that I understand all of the nuances of your explanation. You state that this is a government decision, but you are the government. You embody the state. By definition, you are the top civil servants.
You are appearing before us today and I am asking you a question on how you administer the act. You are right to point to the nuance. We are the ones responsible for lawmaking. I'm not asking you what you would do, if you were in our position, to amend the act.
You are responsible for enforcing legislation once it is enacted; therefore, how is it possible that employees of JDS Uniphase, in British Colombia, are subject to a diametrically opposite decision? Nortel employees based in Ottawa and JDS employees based in British Columbia had exactly the same problem, but did not receive exactly the same treatment by public administration. That, Mr. Baker, is my question.