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Ballooning costs for some of B.C.'s biggest infrastructure projects reignite debate over union requirements

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The community benefits agreement requires workers on certain projects to join one of 19 unions.

It also includes rules about the percentage of apprentices, women and Indigenous workers that need to work on the project.

Industry groups say the requirements have been a key reason for cost overruns of between $350 million and $500 million on major projects like the Pattullo Bridge replacement and the Broadway subway.

The NDP disagrees, saying the reasons are inflation and labour shortages, not its rules.

Conservative finance critic Peter Milobar said he hasn’t seen a notable uptick in the number of women or Indigenous workers on job sites.

14 per cent of workers on projects it oversaw were Indigenous in 2023-24 , compared with the industry average of six per cent , while eight per cent were women.

Milobar says all his party wants is for publicly funded projects to go through a proper bidding process.

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