Thank you to the witnesses.
Mr. Romoff, don't you worry that P3 models, where the risk is transferred, lead to cost cutting or cutting corners?
The example you gave of the Canada Line had huge corners cut. They brought in temporary foreign workers from Costa Rica at $4 an hour, which is well below the minimum wage in B.C. They got caught. Those workers had to go to court and ended up leaving the country before they could successfully sue the government, and the courts ruled that since they're out of the country, they can't sue.
Cambie Street was a disaster for three years because the proponent decided to change the method of construction from a tunnel, which wouldn't have disrupted the businesses, to a cut and cover. That's how they managed to get it in under budget, but they did it in a way that disrupted the community tremendously, and paid workers way less than they were entitled to be paid.
You sing its praises, and yet I think that's an example of a project gone bad.