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But taxpayers are entitled to know if or how we’ll be on the hook for any of the LeBreton development. This is public land being given up — so we need a full, fair and public debate about what it could cost us in the end.

Speaking of transparency (or the lack of it), this week there was confirmation that Rideau Transit Group isn’t hitting its deadlines on the LRT.

RTG was supposed to tell the city Wednesday when the Confederation line would be ready to roll. As it turns out, the group wasn’t ready to name a date.

Instead, the whole thing has been bumped to Feb. 6, when there will be a progress report to the city’s finance and economic development committee.

Let’s not forget, this is a project worth more than $2 billion. A lot of taxpayer money is on the hook. The city says it doubts RTG will meet its initial May deadline to hand over the LRT.

Penalties for lateness can be levelled against RTG, and the city can withhold the monthly $4 million payment it hands over. These are good tools to have at our disposal.

But it’s still troubling. Surely, nobody wants to have to go down that stretch of track.

One day, the LRT will be delivering Ottawans to a new NHL arena in LeBreton Flats. And so, as always, on both files, let’s see a little transparency. Let the public know the details, so everything runs more smoothly.