That's all true, but again, we ought to have some context here. Canadian litigation costs pale in comparison to what our counterparts south of the border, in the United States, would pay for all sorts of litigation, whether counterfeit, patent, or copyright litigation. In fact, it's a cost of doing business there that far exceeds what our companies typically expect. That's not to say we can't do better here, but regarding the extent to which this is a problem, when we compare it to some of our counterparts in other jurisdictions, we're not even close. When you do start talking about costs, that's why cases drive towards settlement in so may instances, because it's too expensive to litigate. So when you have high thresholds, that really does push people in the direction of settlements, sometimes settlements they can ill afford to make.
On May 2nd, 2007. See this statement in context.