Today, with hindsight, it may be obvious that the problems were more serious than could be estimated at the time. Obviously, the corporation as well as MDS Nordion believed then that there would be technical solutions and that the problems could be resolved. Otherwise, why would they have signed that agreement?
On March 31, 2007, during our special examination, technical experts of the corporation were still telling us that they were confident they would find solutions. At the time, I presume, everyone was relying on those experts or, perhaps, on other experts who also believed that a solution could be found.