Mr. Speaker, I am trying to answer this question to the best of my ability and I would like to do that without interruption.
I do not recall saying that would be nice or this would be nice. I stated in my text that all of their attempts had been thwarted. The three companies again are Gage Distribution Company, McClelland & Stewart and Edmonton's Reidmore Books Inc. They all had made efforts to buy Ginn Incorporated. They are Canadian companies and should have had an opportunity to participate in the tendering process. They did not have that opportunity.