"I'd just like to be paid"
It hardly seems fair. You've worked all your life gaining
credentials, securing a position and building a reputation.
You've had to create your own opportunities. No one gave you
that contract; you had to compete for it and it was awarded to only
you. You rallied an able workforce (after convincing them to trust
you and stick around the province because something was sure to
come up), and did a timely job (when you consider how long your
client made you wait to start). It hardly seems fair that what you
issued as an "invoice" is now called a
"receivable" and you have been waiting to receive a
payment for 30, 60 or too often 90 days or even longer.
Across the country, the buzz in legal circles is about
"prompt payment" — or more accurately "prompt
payment and adjudication." The name is certainly appealing:
imagine not only being paid for your work but being paid promptly,
almost automatically. Most in the construction industry
