I think you've raised a very important question. It's one that we in the steel industry have been contemplating and have addressed provincially with the Ontario government as they've moved forward with their cap-and-trade program. We've entered into discussions with the federal government as well.
You can look at the cost of steel as it comes across from other jurisdictions. Obviously, they're not subject to a lot of the carbon costs that we're incurring as we're making our businesses more efficient. One of the challenges that I think the government has is finding a way to equalize that cost at the border. You've heard my colleagues here speak to the efficiencies we have in our steelmaking process in terms of providing a greener product. The transportation costs alone for moving those products from China and overseas make the carbon footprint of that steel five to 10 times greater.
We challenge government to help us find a balance here. We want to provide the green steel that goes into construction products, automobiles, and the other infrastructure projects that everybody wants, in order to provide a greener footprint for Canadian manufacturing, but we need some help to equalize those costs at the back end. Whether there's a border measure of some kind that can be implemented in the form of a tax or some form of equalization, we're obviously all ears and willing to work with you. We've made that case to both parties, here in Ontario and federally.