My view very strongly at the federal level, having been there, and thinking of it in the Nova Scotia context, is that the two offices are regulating the same entities. I would think it would be very important that they have the same authorities, either order-making or not, because day to day you're dealing with these two oversight agencies. I think it would undermine the authority of one if the other had order-making authority and it didn't, so I can see the practical reasons why they should be the same. Certainly, from my perspective as an oversight agency, I would want consistency across those two roles.
On October 4th, 2016. See this statement in context.