The payment mechanism and performance thresholds are established on a transaction-by-transaction basis. But at the highest level, if the thresholds are not met, some lower amount of payment is required by government. I think that's commercially reasonable. I would encourage government to get involved in more performance-based contracts, where when they get what they contracted for, they should and will make full payment. I also believe that the Government of Canada is not in the practice of defaulting on its obligations, so if it did enter into an agreement to receive services and if the performance was met, I think the government would honour the obligation there—and it should.
On May 29th, 2014. See this statement in context.