Thank you. I don't think I was saying that in terms of getting the producers to take a more active role in this whole state of affairs. I didn't include in that the option of the producers setting up their own cutting and polishing facility. What I'm saying is given where we are, we have a company that we have poured millions into in receivership. The buyer we thought was the one, has backed out. We know that the secondary diamond industry around the world is not that big. The ministry even admitted that the news had spread. So I don't know if the world diamond industry sees this is as a good bargain for them to pick up at a low price, or if they look at it as damaged goods that they don't want to touch with a 10-foot pole; I don't know.
I'm not saying that the diamond producer here should be asked to step in. What I'm saying is, from what I can tell, the first approach of finding a buyer did not work out. If there was supposed to be a marriage between the new buyer and the producer, somebody forgot to tell the producer that they're getting married to somebody. We can't force them to marry. I'm just saying if you're going to have better success a second time, they should be told. Is there any plan on the part of the government to bring this producer in?
A socioeconomic agreement is what we have. I understand the BHP one being the first one, and we've had many after that, and probably the first one was not as tight as we would have liked to have had. We have learned from that, and the second and third socioeconomic agreements are much tighter.
My understanding is, I haven't read the fine words, but there's a lot of room for interpretation. So what I'm saying is this government is not going to get a deal unless you get everybody working together on this. You have to get the producer and whoever the new buyer is, whoever is a bargain hunter or whoever really wants to get into the industry. So I would like to get assurance from the Minister about what we're going to do differently so we can have some comfort that we're not just going to be asked to keep going down the same path that's given us nothing but grief. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.