A lot of the issues you're touching on are dealt with at the level of the system operators, the people who manage the electrical grid. And one of the areas where we're starting to see a tremendous amount of cooperation is in Atlantic Canada. The New Brunswick system operator is undertaking work, on behalf of all the utilities in Atlantic Canada, to look at what further integration of the electrical grids throughout Atlantic Canada means in terms of the capacity to enhance wind integration going forward. In fact, as an association, we're holding a conference in Charlottetown this Friday on expanding markets for Atlantic Canadian wind energy, which will focus specifically on these issues.
There is also work being done in other jurisdictions. For example, discussions have gone on between Manitoba and Ontario about a new transmission line linking some of the hydro resources in Manitoba with Ontario to provide more flexibility there in terms of Ontario being able to access its own wind resource. And it's interesting; if that line comes down through northern Ontario, that's where Ontario's wind resource is strongest, and it will actually open the opportunity to capture more of it.
But in many ways, this still tends to be an issue that jurisdictions deal with in their own black boxes. We just held a meeting, actually, last Friday, with the system operators from all provinces in Canada, to sit down and talk about trying to create a national grid code for wind energy. So instead of having different interconnection standards in each province to which manufacturers have to adapt their technology to go forward, which increases costs and everything else, can we all agree on one standard for everywhere? We're hoping that getting this process started can help to facilitate wind integration going forward.
It's not something that comes naturally in Canada. It's something we have to work at. Again, I think that's where the federal government may have a very useful role to play in terms of facilitating those sorts of discussions.