Thank you.
I think there were several questions in there. I'll try to answer each one, and if I miss one, please re-ask the question.
I think we started with the question about the future of the workers and the future of the industry, and you asked me to start with the future of the workers. I think the reality, as I've mentioned, is that in our primary products--and I'll include newsprint in the overall printing and writing sector, which has been a very traditional part of the Canadian industry's product portfolio--we're facing long-term continuing demand destruction as electronic media erodes our customer base.
So if I have to say what we need to do in terms of the workers, we need to ensure that our company as well as all companies in Canada have a viable business model and plan so we can meet our obligations. At the same time, we have to begin to make new products, and we have to face the fact that we may need to help workers be redirected to new or different industries within their regions. I think it's beyond our control to stop the decline in consumption of our primary products. That's just something we all have to deal with. In the case of the worker, I think we need to be up front and open and discuss those matters. Where we don't have sustainable businesses, we need to help workers find new employment.
In our case, as AbitibiBowater, we've offered and continued to offer jobs in other facilities that are still operating in the company. I believe we've had over 200 hourly employees relocate to new positions within the company, and those positions are still available.
With regard to the industry and government policy, I think that is a strategic issue. I think the governments...and I talk about “governments” in Canada because we interact more, quite frankly, with provincial governments because of the issues related to the natural resources of water and timber.
I would say that Canada would be well served by having an industrial policy strategy for the forest products industry. We don't have a clear path forward, either as producers or as governments. So if I wanted to encourage this committee and governments to think about something, it would be that: how do we create a new strategy for Canada?