Denley: Secrecy over SNC-Lavalin's bid for Stage 2 LRT is unacceptable

Ottawa Council’s decision to choose SNC-Lavalin as one of the contractors for the next stage of light rail looked bad enough when we knew that the bid was significantly over the city’s estimate; the company is part of the consortium that repeatedly failed to meet deadlines on the first phase of LRT; and it is embroiled in a corruption controversy. Now, the CBC reports that SNC’s bid did not meet the city’s technical requirements, a problem which would typically disqualify