I don't think I can answer that question. All I can say is that due process was followed. City council had approved the contract and further to the approval of Treasury Board, which was conditional on submitting the project to the new city council, the new council ratified the original decision by city council and also asked the city manager, Mr. Kirkpatrick, to negotiate the withdrawal of a portion of the project. The downtown portion had been hotly debated during the election campaign. The new city council ratified the original decision but also asked that, once the contracts were signed, negotiations begin to withdraw the downtown portion. That was the wish of the new city council and that is what we told the federal and provincial governments.
On February 26th, 2008. See this statement in context.