I'm happy to hear that, because government departments at least have internal processes to be able to check costs, where many crown corporations or some ports and whatnot might have less infrastructure to be able to evaluate those fees. We have found that some of those different crown corporations or boards that are set up might not be able to get timely information.
How appropriate is CPI? I understand the simplicity, because it is a well-established and understood index. By the same token, it often relates to a family's average basket of prices. Obviously, applying a metric that is meant to relate to an average consumer's consumption and the prices that they're subject to is much different from government services specifically being charged to an individual user.
What is wrong with simply having a three-year rolling review? Again, CPI is a rear-looking indicator. We basically look to the past to see if prices have gone up. Why not have every three years a review of government fees to be able to say, where there are regional differences in the price of gas, our cost for gas has gone up, or our cost for electricity, or our cost for labour in this region because of these fixed negotiation contracts? They're much divorced from the average consumer and whether the price of eggs went up.
Why is the government simply going with an index that is grossly out of sync with government services?