The term in French is les champs de compétences; it's which level of government has authority over what things. I mentioned in my opening comments that on the electricity side this has been one of the difficulties we've had. While in the United States they're primarily federally regulated, here in Canada we're primarily provincially regulated, so that certainly adds a wrinkle.
The people around this table are far more knowledgeable than I am as to what level of government has authority over municipalities.