Through you, Madam Chair, the decision by the council on December 6 is best referenced in terms of the wording of the resolution that they passed. It was a multi-part resolution. The first part of it, as I said, spoke to meeting the condition that the Treasury Board had set for the existing project and the condition to get the contribution agreement from the federal government, which was to reaffirm support for the north-south LRT project. And the first part of that resolution did that.
The resolution then went on to say furthermore that the city was interested in making scope changes to the downtown portion of the project. The motion directed me and the mayor to negotiate with the consortium for scope changes and adjustments to the contract price as a result. It then went on to say furthermore that I'd be directed to negotiate approval from the federal and provincial governments under the terms of the existing contribution agreement, which specifically stated that significant scope changes would require the approval of both the federal and provincial governments and could not be made unilaterally by the city. Council was aware of that when they passed the first part of the resolution, which was to reaffirm commitment to the north-south LRT project under the existing contribution agreement.
In other words, it was the decision of council to approve the project, unamended, and then to state the intent to go to seek from the consortium a fair credit to the project for scope changes and to go to seek approval from the federal and provincial governments for those scope changes, recognizing that this was within the control of both the provincial and federal governments independently to agree to that or not.