Adam: Ottawa city council failed us on LRT Stage 2 procurement

The push for the City of Ottawa’s auditor general to investigate the controversial Stage 2 LRT procurement process is like shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted.
An audit of how SNC-Lavalin won the $1.6-billion contract for the Trillium Line extension despite failing to meet the city’s technical standard would be decidedly after the fact. Even if the auditor general found some impropriety or wrongdoing in the procurement, it would make no difference. The SNC-Lavalin &ldqu