Thank you.
On the first question, on government and their relationship with us, it's very positive. We're joined at the hip with the B.C. government. We're working actively with them every day. The concerns we have raised about the speed of turnaround times, documents, and the process have been echoed by the B.C. government to the federal government, including written correspondence.
As for the rates we are looking at in the term sheet and the subsequent agreement, I must admit that we were fully involved in negotiating those rates. We knew what we were going to get into. We knew the tax rates, we knew the quota amounts, we had done a lot of research on it, and we went into that aspect of the deal with our eyes wide open.
As for a botched agreement, my view continues to be that we should work on making this agreement into the agreement that we need from a business and commercial and certainty basis, as Mr. Weaver discussed. I don't think a botched agreement is acceptable to anybody in this room, frankly. I think everybody's focus right now is to see what we can do to get this agreement to where it should be in terms of providing certainty as we go forward.
As for federal assistance, we received upwards of $20 million towards our legal costs last year from the government, a commitment started by the Liberal government and finished by the Conservative government. We're very grateful for it, but my group has spent $100 million in legal fees and other costs involved with this file since day one. If we end up in litigation again, or if litigation carries on, I believe my group will continue to fight the litigation as aggressively as possible, with or without government assistance.
Thank you.