Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I thank you for your ruling. I totally respect the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Board. My line of questioning is the owners' responsibility in the decision-making. So my question today is to the Minister of Finance. It seems from the Premier, that Cabinet isn't involved in the decision. The Premier is only peripherally involved in the decision. So the owners are really out of the equation. Surely the Minister of Finance would get financial advice.
My understanding is between 1989 and this summer, the water levels were much higher than the 30-year historic average. The 30-year historic average is 152 gigawatt hours. The levels were higher over that period of time and that generated an extra $7 million to go into the overall system. Was the Minister informed that there was an extra $7 million generated by the Snare system during this period of time?