The task force recommends that the province and Metrolinx consider two projects.

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation says it will undertake "further due diligence" before releasing any key outputs from the task force.

Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger says council's motion stresses that the LRT money needs to be spent on 'Hamilton-approved projects.'

The panel includes a former federal transport minister, a member of a large labour union, a civil engineering professor, former journalist and Hamilton's city manager.

For the first time since the province announced it was pulling the plug on LRT, city councillors have publicly discussed what the cancellation means for Hamilton.

A group has emerged saying it represents a number of tenants "displaced" from homes.

Director Kris Jacobsen, says news about bidders pulling back from a major development – as revealed in a Toronto Star article on Monday night – is not uncommon.

The Progressive Conservatives said earlier this week the project's price tag had ballooned from $1 billion to $5.5 billion, leading the government to cancel it.

Ontario's NDP leader is calling on the auditor general to investigate the costing claims behind the cancellation of Hamilton's LRT project.

Joe Mancinelli, LiUNA's vice-president and regional manager for Central and Eastern Canada, says the pullout was "a pretty traumatic experience" for his organization.