I have a question for Mr. Feldman.
You know the industry wanted a means of levelling the playing field between those who made use of the EDC provisions and those who chose not to, and the industry, in consultation with the government, came up with the special charge of 18% to level the playing field, as the industry put it itself.
Industry had an option either to use 100% of the EDC provisions or not, and those who didn't had reasons. They felt it would be of better interest to their business not to use it, and those that did use it did so for reasons they felt would be of benefit to their business. That's a free choice they had. They weren't bullied into it by any means.
So I don't understand your argument that those that freely chose not to use the provisions of EDC are in some way being penalized when they knew up front they had two choices, and they knew what those choices were.