Madam Speaker, the Power Corporation has not advised me and I do not know if they've advised the Premier that there might have been some bonus water in years gone by. I would reiterate that it was drawn to my attention during a meeting on how our lawyers would represent us in the PUB hearings. So I don't have any hard and fast data in that regard. But, obviously, the honourable Member has researched this issue, as well, so there may be some meat in this rumour that there was above-average water in the system.
With regard to a directive being issued by the Premier or Minister responsible for the corporation, I guess the answer to that is yes. But I think that what has happened is that the corporation is operating, and even though we freely admit that we own 100 per cent of the corporation, the corporation operates at arm's length from the government as much as possible and the corporation went through the public process of applying to the Public Utilities Board for this particular increase. They would have had to apply to the Public Utilities Board to enable themselves to set up a reserve, I believe, Madam Speaker.
So, yes, I suppose we could have told them to do it, but I think the Minister responsible has chosen to let the Power Corporation do these things in front of the Public Utilities Board where everybody can have an input. Thank you, Madam Speaker.