Thank you.
Gentlemen, I want to mention that the Canadian government has not been in strict isolation on this. It actually announced in March 2009--and incorporated--a strategy for corporate social responsibility and it is in fact working on this actively. The Canadian mining industry has an excellent reputation worldwide and probably has that reputation partially because...and it has built their businesses worldwide.
I have to agree with my colleague that just in the space of a very, very few short minutes, the witnesses commented disparagingly about Goldcorp, Pacific Rim, the ambassador himself, according to these sheets, HudBay Minerals, Skye Resources, and Inco. I'm sure that if we had more time we could add to that list considerably.
My concern here is back towards Bill C-300. I suppose I would ask the following of Professor Steiner, being an American from Alaska. Obviously if this is a highly supported initiative here in Canada, there must be a comparable initiative in the United States, too, so perhaps you could comment on how the United States is looking at this. Then, too, I'd like to point out a couple of the points in here that are of particular concern.
Professor...?