Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, once more.
I am very concerned about the words “all options”. We are dealing here with an offer, a friendly takeover, that is dated October 11, 2005. “All options” could be interpreted to mean to wait until the Xstrata offer of a hostile takeover on the condition that the first friendly takeover not take place. It could mean that the Teck Cominco offer of purchasing Inco on the condition that they drop the Falconbridge offer...and there are more offers coming, probably, so it could become very cumbersome. We don't want European or American companies deciding, “You have five options; we will decide which one is best for you.”
We have a friendly takeover offer that is dated October 11, 2005. Here we are in June, and we're getting other offers now. When the offer was made on October 11, 2005, the name Xstrata was in the news. It was known that they had an interest, but they waited until the end of the first process to try to stop it.
So if we are to be fair, for the possibility of a friendly takeover dated October 11, 2005, I think we have to complete that first.