Is that a hard stop, though? You can say that a project started at $35 million, and now it's $40 million or $45 million. Even though it's being reported, it isn't really a hard stop, and I think that's fairly significant.
As I mentioned, when you're dealing with a private builder and the project is getting near that point, the private builder will usually say, “We're going to buy cheaper flooring,” or make adjustments to stay within that particular project's budget. On government projects, they don't do that. They keep writing cheques.
I understand the piece about the reporting and accountability, but a lot of times what happens is they're accountable to the cost overrun, but there aren't any checks and balances. Is there anything in there to prevent that from happening, other than reporting and accountability, and to say there is a hard stop?
