A potential labour monopoly could increase costs by up to 40 percent on over a 100 million dollars worth of work in the Region of Waterloo, says a brief released by Hamilton based think-tank Cardus. The paper estimates

• A successful application in the Region of Waterloo could increase construction costs by up to 78 million dollars for 553,000 taxpayers in the Region of Waterloo
• 28 percent of Ontario taxpayers are affected by municipal labour monopolies in construction
• Labour monopolies affect almost a billion dollars worth of construction work in Ontario municipalities