If the NEB makes a recommendation to the Minister of Natural Resources—and I may ask the NEB what those criteria might be—the Minister of Natural Resources has a conversation with the Minister of Finance, and at that point you have two competing priorities. One priority may well be that you want to balance the budget, and the other may be that you want to do right by the communities affected. At that point the decision about what would be an appropriate amount to pay becomes entirely political. You're talking about that money coming out of the consolidated revenue fund, so obviously the lens through which you would view priorities at that point becomes entire political.
If we really believe in the polluter pay principle, why is that section in the bill in this way as opposed to making it possible for us to be assured that the polluter indeed does pay?