Mr. Chairman, the two I am thinking of right now are quite significant overages. It may be not simply the 10 percent that relates to the increase in the labour costs and material costs, but they also perhaps relate to a decrease in the amount of competition, or the fact that the contractors are that much busier and they are bidding even higher because they have a lot of work on the go right now. Some of those bids are in fact 30 to 50 percent over. Again, that is not the general rule. I just happen to know of two in particular that came in within that range.
Mr. Rattray on environmental Audits
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environmental Audits
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 7th, 2002
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