Essentially we wish to continue to support, through a range of initiatives and programs, responsible resource development. That means working on innovation. These include, in particular, innovation in forestry; innovation in mining, for example, our green mining initiative; innovation in the energy sector to enhance the economic but also the environmental performance of energy technologies of our energy sector and therefore responsible resource development; as well as regulatory oversight through the MPMO, ensuring continued efficiency and effectiveness of the regulatory system. That's responsible resource development.
The minister has indicated that energy market diversification is a very clear priority for the government, and therefore for Natural Resources Canada, to try to ensure that there is the infrastructure that is reviewed, and that the government policy framework, including marine safety, pipeline safety, in engagement with aboriginal Canadians, is in furtherance of that objective.
We also have some very important fundamental functions in Natural Resources Canada related to the safety and security of Canadians. We received, in the last budget, some moneys to improve and upgrade our earthquake monitoring capabilities. We are experts in assessing, for example, the range of geo hazards. That is the kind of very basic activity that we conduct through the Geological Survey of Canada.
We try to be at the outer edge of the frontiers in the north, the frontiers of innovation, but also in some very basic functions of understanding our earth, understanding our land mass and the risks and the opportunities it provides.