On November 10, 2003, Mr. Miller was elected Mayor of Toronto with 44% of the vote. While construction workers prepared the construction site, Miller immediately started the process to cancel the bridge project, sparking threats of a lawsuit from the TPA. The incoming City Council voted 26–18 on December 3, 2003 to withdraw its support of the bridge project and federal Transport Minister David Collenette announced that the federal government accepted the Council's position on the bridge and withdrew its support.