11-03-2018, 12:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-03-2018, 12:21 PM by Pheidippides.)
(11-03-2018, 07:18 AM)trainspotter139 Wrote: It's the usual practice for the reports to be left off the agenda until the day of the meeting so that it is kept out of the press cycle until it is discussed at the meeting. The media (and the ion twitter account) are saying it will be at the P&W Committee meeting
That really isn't true.
All the other major Ion reports, even controversial ones, like the mode selection, the route selection, the station placement/naming, have all come out beforehand. Unless there is a very good reason for the release of the report to be delayed, e.g. revealing a pending land acquisition, it is really undemocratic too. The Friday to Tuesday window is at least some time for the public to ensure that their councillor knows their views on the report before the vote happens. That they would change their practice now would suggest that it is REALLY bad news, but I hope not.
Regardless of when the report comes out I am expecting mix of good and bad news. The good being being more testing and public events, the bad being a delay in launch.
I hadn't seen that Twitter post until after you mentioned it so that must mean the report is being received in the in-camera portion of the meeting (note that item one on the agenda is "Motion to Reconvene into Open Session") or that report wasn't finished in time to be posted with the rest of the agenda items and is awaiting final details to be firmed up (imagine the nightmare the person who has to schedule Trudeau and Ford to get on the same train to take credit during the opening is going through!).
Also, I noticed this in the finance agenda:
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.