Changing the scope of the Lansdowne Live plan does not address the sole-source issue

Reducing the size of the retail elements of the OSEG plan for Lansdowne Live might make some retailers feel more comfortable and allowing some elements of the plan open to a competitive design process might appease some people (Coucillors huddle over Lansdowne, Randall Denley, Ottawa Citizen, October 13, 2009). But it does not alter the fact that development and operation of a major city asset is still being awarded to a contractor without competition. Neither does it address other concerns at the site like parking and transit access.