Thank you for your opening remarks and your question.
The issue of balance is really crucial. We have an enormous opportunity here in Canada. We're extraordinarily fortunate to have the resources we have, and we can assure prosperity and security for Canadians for generations to come; but we must, of course, do this in a way that is responsible, safe for Canadians, and safe for the environment.
Every time I go to a foreign country, people tell me they look on Canada with envy and admiration. It's only when I come home that I sometimes encounter all this negativity. Canadians should be very grateful and very proud of what we have and the fact that we're proceeding in a way that is going to advance their economic and environmental needs.
With respect to the National Energy Board specifically, the funding has no net impact on the fiscal framework, as it's an advance on the NEB's appropriation over the next 10 years. The NEB will receive $12.4 million in supplementary estimates (B) to comply with the Government of Canada's fit-up standards for its new office space and pay for temporary space in the interim. The NEB is expected to move into its new offices by June 2014.
Safety and environmental protection are core priorities. Regulated companies are obviously required to anticipate, prevent, manage, and mitigate potentially dangerous conditions associated with their activities, and this is, of course, at the core of the mandate of the National Energy Board. We have an extraordinarily professional, independent, science-based, expert federal regulator, and that regulator looks at our major projects, our interprovincial pipelines and has a very strong international reputation for competence and integrity.