On LRT, Ottawa Council is again hiding behind 'solicitor-client privilege' — but we taxpayers are the clients and we have a right to know more than they're telling us.

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Light rail was supposed to be a project that would modernize Ottawa and transform it into a big-league city, perhaps the best capital of its size anywhere.

But construction snafus, contractor in-fighting, project delays and legal wrangling have turned Ottawa LRT into an albatross around our necks. Frustration rather than joy has been LRT’s biggest contribution to the city so far. It has made a mockery of us.

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Not surprising, the different iterations of Stage 2 construction — east, west and south — have been beset by some of the same problems that plagued the Stage 1 Confederation Line, and right now, no one — not the city, not the contractors — can say with any degree of credibility when any of the lines will start operating.........

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