If I can add something to that, my understanding is that if there is any kind of a contract already signed with an individual it will be honoured. Usually that's part of the phasing out. If there is such a thing, they would take that into account. Normally that's how the government operates: if they've got a contract with someone they will honour it but they would not sign any new ones. This would possibly be the way they would phase that out. They might set a date and say as of this date there's no more program. That's in the prerogative of the government and it's done through the budget process. But that's a little bit how it works, and even a new government will honour contracts that were signed by a previous government. I don't think they have the choice, unless they want to go to court, and they probably would lose. So that's essentially the process.
On May 11th, 2006. See this statement in context.