Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for being candid in your remarks and for being here today.
I'm going to make a quick overview. I believe this discussion we're having today is all about people. It's about the current employees, it's about potential future employees, it's about the pensioners and the people who helped Nortel get to where it is today, and it's about the people of Canada and their investments in innovation and future jobs for our country. I'd put that in this context.
I heard you say earlier today that you had a number of meetings--I believe you said 13--with the Conservative government on this very issue. You put forward a plan, and they came back and said basically that the industry is not at risk, that they didn't believe in going forward with you. If they had done that, what do you think the outcome would have been? You obviously went to them with a plan. You obviously had an idea of where you wanted to take this company, and you asked 13 times for assistance. Could you describe what you thought would have happened?