Now there's a leading question.
I would say that if your minister is speaking with our CEO this week, that demonstrates a commitment to sitting down and having a dialogue. I'm aware of many conversations that have taken place with the Thompson community, the government at the municipal level, and the government at the provincial level in which we have again and again reiterated our commitment to maintaining value-added jobs in the city of Thompson. I don't believe that the smelter and refinery shutdown is the beginning of the end of our Thompson operations. I sense that this may be a catalyst for some of the concerns.
I am slightly concerned about this notion that resources produced in a province need to be smelted and refined in that particular province. I think that a province holding onto those resources drives some unintended consequences, shall we say, from our perspective federally or nationally. I think that kind of logic could be problematic.
When I was talking about air emissions, I wasn't talking about GHG specifically. I was talking about SO2 and nickel and CEPA toxics. While that certainly wasn't the primary driver for shutting down the smelter refinery, it was a consideration.
So yes, open dialogue is an important part of what we do. We're not forecasting job losses as a result of the shutdown. As we say, we're moving gracefully into a mine-mill operation. We'll continue to dialogue with the community and governments at all levels to make that go.