Okay, I'll be brief.
I was a witness at the public interest inquiry in British Columbia. AltaSteel is a producer of rebar in Edmonton that has increased shipping to northern British Columbia specifically, and demonstrated that at the tribunal. There was a commitment from both ArcelorMittal Long Products in Quebec, and Gerdau here in Whitby, to ship additional rebar. I believe they can demonstrate that they have done that.
We don't have a problem with U.S. imports. They do not distort the market because they are priced fairly and competitively. We have a problem where there is a demonstrated dumping, and subsidy. It's asking Canadian industry to compete with the Chinese government or the Government of Turkey. That is fundamentally unfair.
This is an interesting case and it goes back to what I was saying earlier about carbon. The Government of British Columbia supported that complaint. They want to source lower-priced imports.
Is it in the public's interest to source responsibly produced and environmentally friendly rebar that is in many cases produced by unionized workforces with a fair and safe work practice code, or does the public not care about products that are being sourced from China in ways that aren't necessarily in accordance with Canadian standards?