Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I welcome our witnesses.
I was a bit disturbed by the line of questions, actually, but maybe that's just my inherent bias coming out.
Mr. Chairman, when I look at this whole situation, I think--and with respect for my colleague from Newfoundland--this was a protracted issue between the Province of Newfoundland and AbitibiBowater that, unfortunately for the workers in Newfoundland, was not able to be resolved. There were two opportunities there, as I understand it, and I'll ask for some clarification.
Without chapter 11 ever existing, you could have gone through the courts in Canada. Or you could have gone through chapter 11 and, I expect, found hopefully a more streamlined and faster process and a ruling made with respect to Newfoundland and the Government of Canada that quite frankly I think would have ended up benefiting the Province of Newfoundland. However, those jobs are still lost, and that's the real shame here.
Had that not happened--and I realize you don't have legal advisers here--had we not had chapter 11, I would expect that this would still be in court. Do you have an opinion on that?