We only have a couple of minutes, because I know the minister is scheduled to be here for only an hour, as per the schedule. There are two things I want to talk about. One is what Charlie was talking about in his round of questions: communications between the city and the federal government.
Réjean Chartrand, who was the light rail project manager, confirmed that the price of the project would remain fixed until December 14. He said that if the contract was awarded then by the new council there would be “little exposure”, meaning financial and legal exposure. He said that on October 11, 2006, at a city council meeting. He also said that the contract was never intended to be viewed by the federal government, and the fact that the federal government saw it threw them off in some ways.