Transport committee  It goes back to the reference to the mayor. The fact that we have to bring these people in from all over North America is highly problematic. If more people lived in Fort McMurray, in a supply-and-demand housing situation that was more normal, a lot of these problems would go away.

Transport committee  The growth assumptions came from surveying the people who will cause the growth. They gave us the various scenarios: high, medium, and low. Against that, the detailed report shows the various growth levels and the consequences of each one, as well as the obligations with each one.

Transport committee  They did make an assumption for purposes of drawing recommendations against a set of numbers. It was probably the medium assumption.

Transport committee  That's so hypothetical. Every union that exists is in Fort McMurray, I think. We just don't have that situation there.

Transport committee  I think you'd have the obvious effect. Any monopoly situation is going to cause problems.

Transport committee  Absolutely.

Transport committee  You have to demonstrate—and it would be compulsory—that you have considered it. By doing that, who knows? You may get one-third of the projects where it is applicable, where it actually happens.

Transport committee  It's very much on the sidelines.

Transport committee  That would be up to the Province of Alberta. I don't know what interaction they've had with their counterparts in the federal government. I think that until the province decides they're actually going to step in with both feet, they probably wouldn't engage too forthrightly with the federal government, but it's there to be done.

Transport committee  There is a certain amount of chaos involved with the pressure and it has produced some pejorative results. Yes, it is true.

Transport committee  Let's say there are six or seven that are really busy. A systems approach might have come up with two.

Transport committee  Maybe three.

Transport committee  Oh, yes. It's the certified airport, the only one in the region.

Transport committee  Absolutely competitive. I couldn't agree more with everything that's been said here. It's a union town. We have a strong competitive process, in our case a stipulated fixed price. If you don't take that approach when you only have a certain amount of money—and we do—you're going to get cooked.

Transport committee  No, I don't think so. I haven't seen any closed bidding that is evident to me, anyway.