Foreign Affairs committee  I'd like to add—it goes back to what I mentioned in my opening statement—that in August we announced an exit from all businesses in the Russian Federation. I think, as of yesterday, you could see in the news that we have ended a joint venture, for instance, that we still had with a Russian company around turbine maintenance.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's correct. The contract is still active.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's correct. The final location would be a compression station in Russia.

Foreign Affairs committee  We followed the instructions that were given under the permit application.

Foreign Affairs committee  We received the permit application from Global Affairs Canada. It's our understanding that it was the instruction from the Canadian government.

Foreign Affairs committee  I can only speculate.

Foreign Affairs committee  It's millions.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  For Siemens Energy Canada, no.

Foreign Affairs committee  I really have no full knowledge of all of the energy.... We have Siemens Energy entities in over 90 countries. I'm not 100% certain if we use EDC financing in other jurisdictions.

Foreign Affairs committee  To explain how this works, as I mentioned earlier, every three to four years turbines need to be overhauled. At the compression station that's connected to a pipeline, there are multiple turbines installed, and they get rotated out for maintenance. It's very common to have a rotation of turbines from the compression site to the AGT facility in Montreal for overhaul and back.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's a good comment. It's very difficult to predict. Turbines, though, if they aren't maintained, will eventually fail. It's important to conduct scheduled maintenance. There's always a risk of unscheduled outages if maintenance is not performed.

Foreign Affairs committee  I cannot speculate where parts would come from in this situation.

Foreign Affairs committee  We were notified by our headquarters that the German government had reached out to Siemens Energy Global headquarters to inquire about the turbines.

Foreign Affairs committee  We also did not use a lobbying firm.