Baird in Ottawa
I know someone who voted for Larry O'Brien based on his promise to cancel the lightrail project. I'd forgotten until today that John Baird had a hand in that, as well. Ottawa really is a small town to swing big deals in, especially when one party is a crazy nut from loonytuneville and the other one looks like John Baird:
In October, Larry O'Brien asked the Treasury Board, the department that oversees federal spending, to conduct a value-for-dollar audit of the light-rail contract. Mike Patton, a spokesman for O'Brien said the then candidate "just wanted to make sure the federal government had done due diligence." And as it turns out, the president of the Treasury Board agreed it needed a second look.Enter John Baird.
