Actually, Mr. Badun and I don't interpret the RFP and the ensuing contract in the same way.
This is a very simple situation that has a big red herring flopped all over it. The fact of the matter is that the government said that if you don't sell your house, we save $6,000 worth of real estate commission, so we're going to give you a portion of that savings to use in any way you want. For example, you can pay a property management firm to look after the house you haven't sold. It's that simple. Instead of giving the money to a real estate broker, the government is giving it to the transferred employee; it's still coming from the government.
Who cuts the cheque to the property management company is totally irrelevant to this whole question. The employee pays the property management company, not Royal LePage, but the money still comes from the government. It's a red herring to say that government is being charged twice.