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It doesn’t take much to set them off these days in their battle against Doug Ford.

Councillor Gord Perks — while ironically claiming that councillors are regularly accused of only talking transit instead of getting on with it — spent his allotted five minutes doing just that.

He said they’re spending precious time chasing a “phantom plan” and helping the premier transfer said plan from a “napkin” to “power point” when there are “real problems” at the TTC (he was talking about the state of good repair as he does ad nauseum).

Anthony Perruzza, with not a trace of embarrassment, added that the province has wasted $200 million on the Scarborough subway — and more money on the cancellation of the Eglinton subway line way back in the Premier Mike Harris days.

I can’t wait to see how Perruzza deals with open tendering when it finally comes to council, hopefully Wednesday, considering he’s so concerned about wasting millions of dollars.

If council were to vote to do nothing on new provisions in the Labour Relations Act, Section 9 — which was passed in April — they would at long last right the wrongs of an obscure 24-year-old loophole that has limited bidding on major construction projects to a select group of nine unions.

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The new provisions would see bidding opened up to thousands of non-union and union shops who have been shut out to date on major Toronto construction projects. This lack of competition has jacked up costs in Toronto by as much as 30%, say industry insiders.