Transport committee  All different trades, depending on what the project requires.

Transport committee  It's company and bid specific. If you win a bid and you realize you're four electricians short and you need to start the bid in three weeks, you apply for an accelerated labour market opinion and try to speed up the process—

Transport committee  I just want to set the record straight in terms of at least construction. Temporary foreign workers are extremely expensive. It is—

Transport committee  Unionized.

Transport committee  We have that right now. A friend of mine in Ottawa had two employees who worked on a Saturday and signed cards while his other 16 employees were at home on that day.

Transport committee  Well, ultimately, if the government decided that, it would be a decision of government.

Transport committee  I have already said that I would send all the.... Some of them are very long and in English only, but I'll send them over.

Transport committee  Of course. There are many other international studies. I chose to reference one, but there's a similar—

Transport committee  Yes, sure.

Transport committee  There's a City of Hamilton report that I have here that I can table. There's a study from Cardus that I can table. I'm happy to do that.

Transport committee  I think you did, yes. I think if there would have been a more competitive bidding process, where 94% of the contractors and workers weren't unable to compete, naturally there would have been cost savings. I think the federal government is overpaying for lots of infrastructure.

Transport committee  That's according to the City of Hamilton report. There are many other examples of projects which the federal government contributed money to that were more expensive than needed.

Transport committee  They don't give a number for that specific project, but overall they say, in the next 10 years, it will be about $1.1 billion in additional costs to the city.

Transport committee  The majority, yes.

Transport committee  I wouldn't comment on overall $53.5 billion. There are a few models you could use, but I certainly think there are areas in which, given the restrictive bidding rules that have been applied to that money, it's obvious there's some overpayment happening.