Mr. Farrell, you tell us that you are familiar with the situation in Lebel-sur-Quévillon. You may be able to shed a little light on this for me. You say there was no lockout in Lebel-sur-Quévillon. Well I have been there. It started with a strike, and then the employer said, almost at the beginning of the strike, that it would not be reopening. It closed down.
The employees went to the employment insurance office to claim benefits. The employment insurance office investigated because the employer was opposed to them receiving employment insurance benefits. The Quebec ministère du Travail investigated and decided that it was a lockout. The reason why the employees did not get employment insurance benefits from the outset was because it was a lockout. The employer dragged the lockout out for three years.
Did you know that? If you knew it, why did you say something else?