Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  It means that depending on.... Every bid is somewhat different. There may not be a contractor who has the staff and the resources. So, for whatever reason they bid higher or lower. There's no way to make a blanket statement that every time we compete against a closed shop or anot

Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  Not that I'm aware of.

Transport committee  We would never ask the government to favour our members in terms of what you can and cannot do in terms of bidding. All we want is a level playing field. Quite frankly, there are members of ours who operate with the union wing in certain areas because their employees have chosen

Transport committee  Can I comment on that?

Transport committee  Yes. I've done a lot of commenting on the Rand formula, and I actually challenge most people who seem to know the Rand formula. I don't think any of them have actually read it. It's clear in the decision, and it was a decision for one union in one specific case to settle a strike

Transport committee  I was only saying it's a huge strain on municipal budgets.

Transport committee  I'd love to. One of the things you could do as a member of Parliament is say to them that you don't have any control over projects the city and the province fund directly, but that, as their member of Parliament, you will ensure that the funds the federal government transfers w

Transport committee  I think so. It's one of many areas where municipalities can look for savings. There's a famous quote from, I think it was the chief of police for New York City, who said that he could easily pay for the police officers who are on the street, but he couldn't pay for the other thre

Transport committee  Of course. We respect the right of all qualified contractors to compete and we accept the results of that competition.

Transport committee  No, that would go against every one of our founding principles.

Transport committee  Exactly.

Transport committee  Sure. It's usually done at the contract level, and we'll provide that. There are also some great examples where the federal government, in some recent Nova Scotia agreements, has written into the contract that there will be no union-only schemes and no sole-source contracts. Ther

Transport committee  Yes, I have it.