Thanks.
In a follow-up to that, there was a similar concern. The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation actually pulled out of that Alberta hearing because they were given less than 24 hours to review the environmental impacts of that pipeline, which raises the concern that, as the federal government has unilateral responsibility for first nations, they in fact are not being supported by Natural Resources or Environment Canada in reviewing environmental impacts of major resource projects.
My final question to you is about energy efficiency. I noted to the minister that I follow the work of the U.S.-Canada clean energy dialogue. I noted that there was considerable participation by the officials in seminars in the U.S. on energy efficiency, as no doubt you are aware. Your head of your energy efficiency office has probably reported to you the report that we did two years ago at the government operations committee, recommending substantial increased investments by the federal government in energy efficiency to save hundreds of millions of dollars down the road for taxpayers.
I guess that's my question to you. I find it puzzling that we're not seeing substantial increases in the supplementaries or in the budgets towards that objective of saving money for taxpayers by upfront investments in energy efficiency. Are you considering the U.S. model of binding directives on federal departments to invest in energy efficiency and reduced water use?