According to the 2015-16 main estimates, funding for the regulation of pipelines, power lines, energy development, and so forth has decreased from $81.7 million—let's say $82 million— in 2013-14 to $77 million in 2015-16, which is a reduction of some $5 million, or about 6%.
Given that Bill C-46 gives the NEB a lot more responsibility and authority, I think, shouldn't your budget be increasing? It seems to me that Canadians want to see the NEB doing more of these kinds of things, not less of them, not saying, “Okay, we're mandated to do this number and that's what we're going to do, and it's not going to increase.” I think one of the big problems the industry has right now is a lack of confidence in the process.
In view of this, I think the real question is, how can Canadians have confidence you'll be able to effectively carry out these new regulatory functions if the budget for energy regulation is shrinking?