First, the Newfoundland legislation did provide for the Newfoundland government to compensate AbitibiBowater for its real property—its land, its equipment, and the sorts of assets that are normally considered compensable in an expropriation under Canadian law.
The legislation also blocked the company's assets to the courts, which is more common that you would think in Canada. Particularly in areas of environmental regulation and environmental protection, it's not uncommon for a government to extinguish all claims and to set up a process to settle claims, or, in some cases, even impose a settlement.
I have no doubt that if AbitibiBowater had followed that process, it would, at some point, have gotten value for its real assets. It might not have been entirely happy with it, but I think it would have been.
I'm not privy to the discussions that went on. There obviously were discussions between the province and the company over compensation, and as we heard, there were some trilateral discussions as well. I don't know if they were only tied to the NAFTA case or not.
As we heard in the testimony on Tuesday—and I'm not privy to these negotiations—the Newfoundland government was insisting that these other legitimate claims be factored into any settlement.