Absolutely. When I talk about the governments of the Congo, I'm talking about the central government and the provincial governments that have a mining branch that is also very active. In the case of Anvil Mining, if an intervention by the Canadian government contradicted the military court judgment, the Congo would no doubt have absolutely opposed it or would have been angered. However, as regards legitimacy and transparency, I think the government would be absolutely delighted.
I'm trying to think what example I could cite you. These negotiations have been going on for two years, involving 61 mining contracts, 6 of which are Canadian contracts. The discussions have not been public, although the signed contracts have been made public. That's where we've seen how unequal and unfair these contracts were.
We don't yet know the outcome of all these revelations, but we will know soon. What we do know for the moment is that there are questions that have not been answered. There's the fact that unconscionable contracts, which should have been completely redone, were renewed. We'll see what happens.
I previously contacted civil society groups, particularly the Conférence Épiscopale Nationale du Congo, the CENCO, a committee of which is monitoring this situation very closely, studying it and will be giving us its recommendation as to what we can do here.
I repeat, there is still a real struggle between the Congolese government and two companies. I'll name them for you: First Quantum Minerals Ltd. and Tenke Fungurume, which includes the Lundin Group of Vancouver. The struggle continues internationally. If Bill C-300 were passed, we obviously would have been able to use it and to have a Canadian viewpoint on the matter.