Transport committee  Absolutely. That's why I said best quality, lowest bid. If the ventilation system needs a higher grade of aluminum which is more expensive, that's built into the specific bid requirement. If you're doing Parliament Hill renovations, you don't want to put up drywall. You probabl

Transport committee  So you design them—

Transport committee  Right.

Transport committee  Yes, our members are currently struggling with that dynamic in all infrastructure. As I do my consultations across the country, there are examples that have been brought to me of general contractors, as you've just described, who can build one school or one hospital but can't bui

Transport committee  It's something that our companies are doing. At least that's happening in the private sector. It's happening in the public sector as well. One of the conditions, though, that we think should be there is that if the federal government puts in money, they have to ensure that all

Transport committee  It's also that the force of the competition tends to lower prices. If you have 10 or 12 bidders versus 1 or 2, prices go down. You see that in all industries. Thank you for that plug for the Merit benefit plan. We run the largest multi-employer benefit plan in all of constructi

Transport committee  Our companies don't collude in wage prices, like others.

Transport committee  A lot of our members pay well above the union rate. A lot of the cost associated with closed shops actually has nothing to do with wage rates. It's increased cost that had to do with paying into an endowment fund, a sports and entertainment fund, a hunting fund, a social justice

Transport committee  No, I understand your point. I mean it would be one thing if you could make the case that our employees are paid a lot less, below minimum wage, are somewhat unsafe, or whatever—none of which can be claimed. I can only speak for companies that are Merit members. As I said, they h

Transport committee  Absolutely. We welcome free and open competition.

Transport committee  Absolutely. I would never say no.

Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  Absolutely.

Transport committee  Absolutely.

Transport committee  Exactly.