Are the two situations the same?
Didn't the TTC plan the conversion to LRT....then conduct an EA on it...approve it and then get the province to pay for it? Only after that did they change their minds to subway.....so the province said, effectively, "you came to us with a project, we agreed to pay for it...now you are opting for a new more expensive plan. Our funding that we promised is still there but no more'
In this case, during the planning stages.....before the project is approved...at the first chance to vote on it....Brampton has said "we want to consider other options"....they have not said "no"...they have not asked the province to 'increase funding' (I don't think any has been allocated).
But, if the city of Brampton is going to pay higher costs because they want to amend the original "concept", how much more is Mississauga paying extra since the original concept was an LRT straight down the road ...and now it is going to loop around MCC/SQ1?