The environmental liabilities are recorded, but only at the time the federal government acknowledges a responsibility and that there will be a cost incurred. For example, in this country there are certain sites that could be provincial or municipal jurisdiction. The federal government would have no responsibility. There would be no liability for that. There can also be a site where the government decides that no remediation will occur, and it will simply cap it or leave it as it is. There would be no real costs incurred going forward to remediate that site, so no liability would be recorded for that and it wouldn't require a contract.
He may have been saying that the government has to recognize that it has a responsibility to do something and there will be a cost incurred.