Natural Resources committee  Actually, there are two economies: the BAPE economy—economy in the broad sense—and the National Energy Board economy. I will ask Mr. Steedman to add to that.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. One key thing that our new chair has begun is an engagement tour with Canadians, moving from region to region in Canada to get a sense of the preoccupations Canadians may have. Obviously the country is very large and quite varied, so from one region to anot

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for that question. You refer to something that's really important, because it's really about the values that companies hold and how they demonstrate their commitment to those values. Companies will say they value safety. We look at safety culture, obviously, but we als

Natural Resources committee  I am going to ask Mr. Steedman to answer that question, given its technical nature.

Natural Resources committee  As I indicated in my overview, the NEB is a specialized tribunal and relies on a variety of people who have their own specialization. Therefore, each application is considered on its own merits and will be debated on its own merits. Dr. Steedman talked about how terrain is going

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for your question. I believe what you are referring to is the fact that we have sunsetting money. There's our basic budget, but then we have some sunsetting funding that refers to safety, and that is set to sunset in two years from now. Our budgeted allocation for fisc

Natural Resources committee  That is not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that we received some temporary funding in budget 2012 for five years, and once we get there, we'll go through the normal process of appropriations and seek extensions if required.

Natural Resources committee  I'm afraid I don't have the paragraph you're referring to, but our budget allocation for 2014-15 was $89 million, including the two sunsetting authorities that we have.

Natural Resources committee  Currently, our budget allocation is not decreasing, and in estimating what the needs are going to be once Bill C-46 is passed—assuming that it passes, because we are not there yet—we will make sure we use the resources that are appropriated to us by Parliament in the best way pos

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question. We represent the board, and therefore it's an organization that really—

Natural Resources committee  The answer is no.

Natural Resources committee  I'll turn to Mr. Timlin for the details, but let me say at the outset that the legislation contemplates a whole framework of measures and will require regulations to be passed. In terms of a lot of the detail as to how we're going to implement some of these things, this will have

Natural Resources committee  Certainly. Let me reiterate that as Canada's energy regulator, safety and the protection of the environment are our top priorities. In terms of the enforcement policy, I'll turn to Dr. Steedman, who can—

Natural Resources committee  We will do that.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. Let me start by saying that we maintain a proactive approach to incident prevention and we take all available actions to protect the public and the environment. I understand that Dr. Steedman has knowledge of at least one of the two incidents you're talking