Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'm glad that all of you are joining us from Calgary. I will say that we're very sorry the Stampeders lost last week. I was cheering for the Stampeders after the Lions went out. Now I'll have to cheer for the Roughriders.
Welcome and thank you for being with us.
I want to start off by asking all four of you something, because the board posting is very clear:
The principal role of Board Members is to make independent decisions in the Canadian public interest in the area of energy regulation.
That's from the actual posting from the NEB.
As you know, we have had in last year's budget a major shift in how the NEB operates. Now there is a cabinet override. That cabinet override allows the federal government to override the NEB decisions.
I want to ask each one of you, do you not feel that having that cabinet override impacts on the independent decisions that are supposed to be taken by the NEB in the area of energy regulation?