Basically there are two functions we look at when we're looking at energy information, and this is important because good decision-making has to be based on good data and based on high-quality data that is bias-free. What we have suggested is expanding the role of Stats Canada in terms of its energy data collection capacities, utilizing its existing expertise, and then creating a separate small body housed under NRCan that would do analysis.
That said, I will say that there are a lot of different proposals out there for how this could be organized. Rather than actually being wed to any particular institutional structure, we really want to see energy data collection and analysis separated from both regulatory and policy functions.