The budget for the two projects was originally pegged at $9.7 billion but ballooned to $13.4 billion. “The conclusion we came to was there wasn’t a domestic need to justify Keeyask,” said Wall, the report’s commissioner, on Friday. “It remains to be seen, by what date, that extra generation of almost 700 MW will be needed.” The report includes 85 key findings and 69 recommendations. What the report does not do is call for the privatization of the Crown corporation, in fact it calls for the strengthening of Hydro and the services they provide to Manitobans. Wall repeated this several times throughout his teleconference.