First of all, our highest priority is the health of our workers and the communities in which our facilities are located. That’s the first thing that must be made clear.
Secondly, in our conversations with the Quebec government about the next remediation certification or environmental permit, we did indeed place heavy emphasis on unattainable targets. It’s not reasonable for a company to invest in a plant and operate it when we are given unattainable targets. We insisted that the targets be technically achievable. The target of 15 nanograms per cubic metre in five years, which we agreed upon, is a target we can now achieve. Indeed, over the past 10 years, through a significant investment of over half a billion dollars, we’ve developed technology in Rouyn-Noranda that will likely make us the smelter with the highest environmental standards on the planet within five years.