It pertains to VIA Rail being a crown corporation, so it must follow the same legislation as the private sector does in funding pension plans. You can't just have an unfunded pension plan liability. So when you have a funding deficit, I believe, according to law, you have about five years to make that up. This, if I recall correctly, is about the third year of five years of payments to make up a funding deficit. It's not a case of the liabilities can't be met. There are legal requirements to fund the deficit, and you have a certain timeframe to do so, and the government is effectively resourcing VIA Rail to make those legally required payments. So it's not about the individual pensions going out the door; it's actually the funding requirements of the pension liability.
On May 27th, 2014. See this statement in context.