Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I don't intend to waste time responding to Mr. Blaney's comments, but if he ever wants a letter of recommendation to work in a circus, I would be very pleased to write one for him. Workers deserve better than the petty, partisan politicking in which some members are engaging today. While that is going on, some people are losing their homes and others are losing their jobs. There are human tragedies occurring. I prefer to talk about that today.
Mr. Paterson, there has been a lot of indecency this morning. We have talked about bonuses. The poor lawyers worked hard for their $12 million a month, so the management team deserves a bonus. In the meantime, workers are losing their jobs. You have just announced that the Gatineau plant is finished. You do some PR, you meet with the restructuring committee, and it's all very pleasant. We can hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the restructuring committee, but the fact is it's all over.
My first question is a follows: What do you have against Bowater? I have the sense that AbitibiBowater is pretty much shutting down everything that was previously owned by Bowater. Do you have anything against Bowater? Is your decision to cut loose these companies first part of a strategy? The Gatineau plant belonged to Bowater. As I see it, you're going a little bit too far. The Dolbeau-Mistassini plant was transferred from Domtar to Bowater, and then to AbitibiBowater. So, what's going on? What's your game? Is there a strategy behind all this? As part of your restructuring, you're getting rid of everything that previously belonged to Bowater, right? Yes or no?