I've only been with the company for two years, and I can tell members that everybody who was there in the past is gone, except for Flavio Campagnaro; he's been there for eight or nine years. We have a completely new management team. So I can't answer for the people in the past, but I would have to say that it was the federal government recommendation that this should not have a full environmental impact assessment.
It really is up to the Government of Canada to request an environmental assessment, and the Government of Canada said no to an environmental impact assessment. The minister at the time, Mr. Anderson, chose to disregard his own colleagues and ordered an environmental impact assessment. The court overturned the minister and said, no, there would not be an environmental impact. Then the new minister, Mr. Dion, challenged, and appealed the decision of the court, and the Federal Court of Canada said no environmental assessment.
So gentlemen, it's not up to me, it is up to the government to say that you will have an environmental assessment. If the government doesn't say it, then it won't happen. And it was not required.
