I think the rationale is as simple as this is territorial legislation so the default would be to a territorial regulator and while there’s a specific requirement with regard to the ISR, that requirement doesn’t exist outside of the ISR. Further, I guess I’d just note that under both the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act and the CPRA that until the 1990s the federal Minister was the regulator and the NEB was only brought in as a regulator at a later date and that the model of having a ministerial regulator is fairly common in other jurisdictions across Canada. So our choice in defining the regulator and giving that flexibility was just reflective of all of these different types or models of regulation. Thank you.
Mr. Fulford on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 11th, 2014. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
March 10th, 2014
Fulford
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