This was a very difficult beginning of the year at Bell. We certainly did not make that decision lightly.
First and foremost, I want to thank the folks at Bell who were asked to leave for their significant contributions over the years. We made sure that each employee had a fair and reasonable severance package, and we supported them with career transition services.
We're not the only ones, unfortunately, who had to take these very tough decisions. In fact, my competitors had to make similar decisions in the recent past, as have other companies, like Quebecor, TVA, Corus and CBC/Radio-Canada. They're all direct competitors of ours. If you look to the U.S., Meta, Google and Microsoft—again, all direct competitors of ours—made massive decisions in the same vein.
I didn't take it lightly. We had to make these decisions—