I thank the member for the question.

The cost of everything is a concern for this government. You’ve heard the Minister of Energy address some of those issues.

Mr. Speaker, what we’re doing is making sure we have an independent tribunal with a fair and independent process to look at those requests to raise above guidelines. That’s how the system is built, so that it’s not a political decision, so that we have professionals making independent decisions. That is what we’re doing in terms of letting those people have their say.

I’ll say more in the supplementary, Mr. Speaker.

Coming to question period, sometimes, is just like reading the Toronto Star—because I read that story this morning.

The NDP want us to interfere in the independent tribunal when it suits their purpose. They want us to interfere in an independent tribunal and independent hearings. They would have us meddle in that independence. When they want a different outcome somewhere else, they say, “You shouldn’t be meddling.” So I just don’t know which way it goes with the NDP, except the end justifies the means for them.

We will not meddle with the independent tribunal. We set up a fair, transparent process. And we’ll let them do their work.