Very few programs are covered by five-year agreements. Normally, we aim for a two- or three-year duration, that is what we are trying to do. The problem affecting the five-year agreements is that the new terms and conditions of the programs are renewed for five years. When we are dealing with an application that comes under a program that has just been renewed, for which the terms and conditions may have changed, the applicant finds himself or herself with a one-year delay, because it takes almost a year, at least a few months, for an application.
On November 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.