As I understand it, there have been no serious negotiations with our American counterparts.
As you know, it is up to the federal government, not the provinces, let alone the companies, to negotiate this kind of agreement. It must be pointed out that the government's position at the outset was to try to handle this issue through the courts. After the nine years we have just lived through, the unavoidable conclusion is that going to court will not work and we will end up losing money. There really is a lot of money that is being held in customs. It amounts to double what it was in the last dispute: $10 billion rather than $5 billion.
What I am asking is that the government return, or try to return, to the bargaining table.