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Councillors canvassed Tuesday after learning Mayor Jim Watson received a heads-up about SNC-Lavalin’s bid scoring ahead of council’s $1.6-billion contract vote on the Trillium Line expansion were either miffed about not receiving the same disclosure or indifferent about the revelation.

Coun. Riley Brockington didn’t take issue with Watson knowing and holding secret the confidential scoring details as the head of council, but Brockington said staff should have shared the same details with other members in a closed session.

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“Council as a whole should have received this information when we asked for it,” Brockington said. “People needed to have as much information as possible to make the most educated decision at that time.”

Coun. Jeff Leiper called it “absolutely troubling” that the mayor knew the confidential information and not the rest of council. It’s understandable that the mayor as CEO of the municipality receives privileged information from time to time, but it’s a different story when the information would help inform a council vote, Leiper said.