Perhaps Mark will answer some of that. Let me just deal with the China situation and the big project that's taking place in British Columbia.
You may have read some of our press releases. We're very disappointed with regard to the fact that it's a huge project that will create thousands and thousands of jobs and that will have steel coming from China. It will be shipped over in modules and then shipped up into the north. If you want to talk about the cost to the environment, if you want to talk about the jobs, it makes absolutely no sense. To me, if we're going to produce something in Canada, we've got the ability to do it, and we should do it with our members. We should do it with our steel.
Look at the Gordie Howe bridge. I was involved in that with Leo Gerard, my counterpart at the time. We made sure that the Gordie Howe bridge was going to be built from North American steel, and it was. We're talking about the bridge that's now going to be built in Surrey. Procurement is very important. This is what I said in my submission, that the government made no inroads in getting into some of the government contracts. That's something that needs to be on the radar. I'm still livid at the fact that somehow the United States used section 232 to say that Canada was a national security threat. You can't find a better neighbour than us. That's something we need to monitor. The fact is that it has an effect. We've seen it. You have the Champlain Bridge and some of that steel. Tell me why the steel has to come from China. You have a bridge that was built in British Columbia. Why does the steel have to come from China when you have the industry here?
The thing that we should all remember is that if you look at the aluminum industry or the steel industry, there ain't a single Canadian-owned company. These are all foreign companies. We deal with these companies, be it at negotiations or at.... We have to fight. We have to fight tooth and nail for investment. We want them to anchor, be it in aluminum or in steel, to make sure that those jobs are preserved. When we're competing with Arcelor, do we invest in the Soo, do we invest in Hamilton, or do we invest in some third world country? Those are the kinds of complications. If we don't have the support of the governments and make sure they're fighting on our behalf in regard to the U.S. to get access to their procurement....
Canada's steel capacity has shrunk. Now we have the issue with aluminum, which I'm very much concerned about. The powers that be somehow think they're going to be able to monitor that and see how that works out. The proof will be in the pudding on that one.