International Trade committee  Our labour organization is interested, through its president, Mr. Jerry Dias, in getting involved in such issues. We have staff who are in a position to provide input to the government or the opposition parties. We are always available to get involved in these kinds of issues.

International Trade committee  We want Rio Tinto to move the projects forward and complete the testing phase at the AP-60 plants. Instead of simply selling the technology platform, we need to go to new markets by developing AP-60 with Elysis technology, which eliminates all greenhouse gases and makes our alumi

International Trade committee  That of the workers as well, of course, since we represent them.

International Trade committee  This would go a long way towards developing the market.

International Trade committee  Currently, in Mexico, there is practically one smelter opening per week. There are Chinese consortiums that own plants in Mexico. So it is in their interest to bring their own metal and then reintroduce it into America.

International Trade committee  The 10% tariffs put in place for aluminum have had an impact. If I'm not mistaken—and I don't want to speak for Rio Tinto—I believe it was a $20 million loss per month to the employer. It didn't necessarily slow down primary metal production. It's really the primary metal that's

International Trade committee  Indeed.

International Trade committee  This is the Arvida factory. The Laterrière plant produces 260,000 tonnes per year, the Grande-Baie plant produces 235,000 tonnes per year, and the Alma plant produces 450,000 tonnes per year. This gives a total production of nearly 1.3 million tonnes per year in the Saguenay-Lac-

International Trade committee  Yes. All the plants are running at full capacity.

International Trade committee  You know that Rio Tinto is a very big company, managing billions of dollars. On our side, we see that the equipment is aging. We are very attentive and we follow very closely what is happening on the order side. There are certain technologies that are aging and there are frequent

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Yes, because we see that the employer is reluctant to send more metal to the market. We also see other companies moving small ingots through Mexico, where they sell for $150 a tonne cheaper than what we produce. It's still pretty hard to compete when there are no anti-dumping mea

International Trade committee  I don't want to speak for Mr. Maltais, but when we came here three or four weeks ago, the United Steelworkers were opposed to the ratification of the agreement. As for Mr. Desbiens, you're quoting his opinion, but I'm not able to speak for him either. We, on the other hand, are

International Trade committee  It would be difficult to say that there are no repercussions. Mr. Simard represents all the producers. So he represents the bosses. As Rio Tinto is a conglomerate, aluminum is not its only product. It has others elsewhere in the world. Aluminum represents only a tiny part of its

International Trade committee  To start with, if the primary metal is smelted and cast in North America, either in Canada, the United States or Mexico, it is easy to know where it comes from and where it is processed, using the standards of the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative, the ASI, of which Rio Tinto is a