Madam Speaker, it's difficult to give a short answer to that question because there are certain presumptions that one would have to make. I believe the Power Corporation has looked at the changes and looked at how that could affect their operation.

Madam Speaker, as we are aware, when the Power Corporation turned from a federal to a territorial Crown corporation, we knew that there were 51 rate zones. Each community had an established criteria on their rate. The commitment right from the beginning is that somehow we would have to rationalize what people were paying because, in a lot of communities, it was felt that some communities were less than what the actual costs for that particular community were or that area and some were paying more. As well as the 51 different rate zones for each community, we also have a government rate.

I believe that there have been some numbers that were crunched and I believe as much as possible that the Power Corporation could get from the figures that have been established previously are presently before the Public Utilities Board.

Madam Speaker, there is a long explanation and I realize the rules suggest that if there is a long explanation, that perhaps you would rule me out of order to go into all the detail. Madam Speaker, that's as much as I could provide at this time. Thank you.