Thank you very much.
Again, I want to thank the witnesses for their patience. As you witnessed today, we had a little bit of housekeeping to do, and we greatly appreciate the fact that you had an opportunity to see that first-hand, at times, some of the housekeeping items that need to be addressed in the committee.
Mr. Siegel, I appreciate your remarks initially, because I did have some questions with respect to the softwood lumber agreement, and I think with respect to machinery of government, that's a very important issue that has come forth. You outline in your remarks some of the achievements with respect to that agreement and the processes involved around it.
As you know—I just want to give you some background, but you're probably fully aware of this—we are in consultation and possibly might go to arbitration with respect to the softwood lumber agreement. So I've received a lot of calls and concerns and e-mail from many people regarding this agreement.
The question I have is with respect to the implementation—and you alluded to this—the process of how EDC got involved with respect to these duties. These duties were held by the United States, and now these duties are being dispersed to Canadian companies, and EDC has helped facilitate that. Have the full amounts been returned to the companies that were owed the moneys?