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Originally Posted by Bunk
I do not blame BidCo for the late breaking deal and some of the resulting numbers. The feds and province were very late to commit. For security numbers, it was at the recommendation of the RCMP and CPS. Some of the City's capital commitments like the Vic Park money were necessary to meet the matching fund requirement. Should these things been resolved earlier? Yes, absolutely. Is BidCo primarily responsible? No. They absolutely would have preferred all this to be locked down by June, when other orders of government had originally agreed.
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The BidCo is responsible for putting out a "bid" that it did not have confirmed numbers for. You can say the BidCo had "agreements", but clearly those were tenuous at best, if they were even real. It should have waited until it did have confirmed numbers, no matter how long that took. Instead they rushed, and now they look disorganized and unprepared, which is devastating when you're pitching a huge public investment. That falls 100% on them, not the feds or province.