Yes, we have made an offer to buy the plant. We want to do things differently from what was done before. If we want to continue doing what was done in the paper industry in recent decades, we can get assistance. However, if we do things the same way, we are going to end up in the same place.
Our plan for restarting the plant, which focuses on energy production, is different. Although we are a small community, we have paid to do research to find out whether we were able to make other products, for example in pharmaceuticals, from the forest or from paper production—obviously, that can vary. We are a small community, but we paid for researchers who have found products that could be manufactured.
So we need assistance from the government. As we speak, we have a plan to reopen the pulp and paper plant that calls for an investment on the order of $200 million. Obviously we will not be able to find those funds in the Lebel-sur-Quévillon municipal budget.
Of course there is a company that is with us in this project. We can't do it by ourselves. But still, given the investment that has to be made, we need help from senior governments.