Foreign Affairs committee  Sir, if I recall the matter correctly, the International Joint Commission studied the situation and concluded that there had been no effect on water levels. I would have to check my notes, but I think that the matter has been studied by the International Joint Commission. The intention is a little different.

Foreign Affairs committee  Was it Arcand?

Foreign Affairs committee  No.

Foreign Affairs committee  We would have to look at the business model because, as soon as you draw water, you are competing with people in the area who could get water at a lower price. By so doing, you are widening the perimeter within which that water could…

Foreign Affairs committee  If we go by what is specified in NAFTA, for a product to be manufactured, there has to have been a process. That is quite clear for us. So, for water to become a good, it has to be bottled and so on. If it is put into a truck, it remains a bulk system and, in our view, is not a manufactured product.

Foreign Affairs committee  I imagine that is the case, but I would have to check again.

Foreign Affairs committee  For the quantity to be economically viable, someone would have to find a way to draw 50,000 litres per day and keep that water in conditions that would maintain the quality for several weeks, if not several months. That would probably not be possible.

Foreign Affairs committee  Are you aware of that interview, Mr. Gluck?