I'll take a crack at that.
First of all, there's been significant investment in the mills during the last five years of this dispute. In order for us to survive, we have had to invest to become more efficient, so the sawmill technology that we see today is significantly more advanced than it was prior to the expiry of the SLA. But one should remember that we are in a “perfect storm” situation. We have increased energy costs and fuel costs at unprecedented levels. The Canadian dollar has appreciated from 63¢ to 90¢, creating a huge burden on our industry as we move forward.
We've been able to limp through this dispute, go through the litigation to date, because we're all faced with paying a duty that was declining, and eventually we would become de minimis. But going forward, this is not the case. The concern we have now is that even with the return of the deposits, which may appear attractive--and I won't repeat the fact that we're probably dreaming in Technicolor if we think we're going to get those deposits back quickly; it will take a long period of time--our industry, at least in Alberta, is going to suffer considerably more than when we were faced with the border measures that were put on us by the Americans. This deal will make us suffer more, so the investment we've already put into our mills would be all for naught in this case, and some of our mills may not survive.