From an Atlantic Canadian perspective, the danger from a vessel ownership standpoint in a company such as ours, but also in the broader industry.... For example, we have a whole host of suppliers that have been developed here in Atlantic Canada that support our company. There is everything from fabricators to suppliers of electronic equipment, technicians, etc. If we are hurt in the process of having unfair competition allowed into our marketplace, all of the people who support us will also be hurt.
I talked about Norway Inc. before and the mentality. The mentality will be that if the Norwegians come in, they will bring all of their suppliers and the work will be generated back in Norway. There may be some branch plants or whatever, or local storefronts, but in terms of local home-grown expertise and development, which can then in turn be exported around the world.... If you look at our company, that's what we've done. We started here in eastern Canada and we developed expertise. We grew, we prospered, and then we started to export to other markets and employ Canadians on Canadian vessels in other marketplaces.
So I guess through this unfair approach, if they come here, and we are not able to get into the Norwegian market, we could be hurt. And there will be broader ramifications for the rest of the sector in the offshore, which is just in its beginning stages. You have a very strong, mature industry in Norway that sees an opportunity here, whereas we're just at the very beginning, in a nascent sort of fashion, ready to grow and bloom. If we're unfairly hurt by a very large, strong competitor, then the consequences could be very serious.