Being neither an accountant nor a lawyer expert in these areas, it certainly wasn't obvious to me. There were legitimate issues raised. The agreement in principle, to which people refer, in July of 2003 was between officials. Nothing was signed. It was an understanding. On the surface, there certainly wasn't a contract.
What was important to me, and always was, was that there had to be Treasury Board authority, Treasury Board approval, to amend the contract. That was not in place at the time. So in the context of the legal opinion that made that clear, that the authority would be required, that seemed reasonable.