I'm not sure what particular program your friend was referring to that favoured larger projects over smaller projects. The ecoENERGY for Renewable Power program remained the same before and after the last budget. It simply wasn't renewed or expanded, and it is about to run out of money this coming year. I think that's why people were really concerned that it was in last year's budget, so that it didn't run out of money this fiscal year. But it does speak to the important point of stability, in terms of whether or not funding is going to be available going forward. That's a problem for large or small projects across the country. I think that's why we're urging that this program be renewed this year, or earlier--in an economic update would be even better--to create that market stability again.
The big question is, if you're going to be making investments in renewable power, it takes at least two, three, four, or five years from when you're thinking about developing that project to when the rubber actually hits the road. You need to have that long-term outlook. That has been the real concern. When the program wasn't expanded or renewed in the last budget, it really left the industry, large and small, in limbo going forward.