It is not an issue of uncertainty, it is rather an issue of what is unknown. The problem is that now, I do not know what contracts are on offer. The government is not telling me, and the manager is not telling me. As I was explaining earlier on, if you are doing some work at your house and you do not tell me, I cannot offer you my services. You are therefore denied yourself my services. If PWGSC was more supportive of its manager, SNC-Lavalin, they would probably get better service. In fact, if the manager calls three of his friends to get bids, he will get a price from those three businesses. Unfortunately, there may not be one good bid among them. However, if he does so publicly and he receives 60 bids of which 14 are good, if he takes the cheapest one, everyone will save money. The government would get the best price and the best consultant or service provider.
On April 26th, 2010. See this statement in context.