rbt
Senior Member
Basically, Miller gambled, and lost badly. Then they went back and submitted the stuff they should have in the first place, but only because the feds were willing to cut them some slack.
I don't exactly agree with this. Whether it backfired or not depends on whether you believe streetcars would have been funded if submitted in another manner.
If you believe streetcars would have been funded AND stimulus would be funded, then we lost.
If you believe only one or the other would have been funded, then the city is up roughly $200M due to that stunt because the province opted to fund 1/3rd of $1.2B rather than 1/3rd of ~$500M.
What is the likely scenario if the current stimulus list was submitted on time and the streetcars were submitted immediately after in July or even this January?