Not in terms of the budget, no. All the conditions of the contract were very clear. The risks were to be assumed by the city. The contract conditions were such that city council was very comfortable with all its clauses. In July 2006, it had approved the awarding of the contract by a vote of 14 to 7. All that was left was to sign the three-way agreement with the province and the federal government for the final approval of the federal funding.
On February 26th, 2008. See this statement in context.