We know that electricity costs will be higher with recirculating the water and we know that there would be higher labour costs, which is not necessarily bad if you're in a region that needs the employment.

In terms of areas of cost, the following might merit examination: transportation costs, including air, auto carriers, reefers, flat decks, LTL, small packages and related costs, especially gasoline; compliance costs like packaging and labelling; non-tariff barriers like service and warranty exclusions in automotive and others; occupancy costs, including possible subsidization of anchor tenants by smaller retailers at rental rates that were previousl ...[+++]y $5 to $10 per square foot higher in Canada; labour costs, even though that was not as important previously; and provincial, state and local taxes.

Labour costs in the EU Hourly labour costs ranged from €4.4 to €42.0 across the EU Member - States in 2016 - Lowest in Bulgaria and Romania, highest in Denmark and Belgium // Brussels, 6 April 2017

Labour costs in the EU-Hourly labour costs ranged from €4.1 to €41.3 across the EU Member States in 2015-Lowest in Bulgaria and Romania, highest in Denmark and Belgium // Brussels, 1 April 2016

(Return tabled) Question No. 553 Mr. Hoang Mai: With regard to the government’s strategy for combating tax havens: (a) does the government plan to reform the arm’s-length principles under section 247 of the Income Tax Act; (b) has the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) or any department studied the impact of replacing Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in terms of (i) taxable impact, (ii) reporting, (iii) tax fraud; (c) has the government studied the possibility of requiring multinational corporations to report on a country-by-country basis on all their transactions, including, (i) labour costs and number of employees, (ii) finance costs, third-party and intra-group transacti ...[+++]ons, (iii) profits before taxes, (iv) provisions for taxes, (v) taxes actually paid; (d) has the government studied the possibility of providing disclosed information available within federal institutions to provincial Attorneys General for the purpose of civil forfeitures; (e) has the government studied the possibility of lengthening the detention-accountability regime found in section 490 of the Criminal Code; (f) has the government studied the possibility of modernizing the Canada Evidence Act; and (g) what will be the effect of cuts on the CRA auditor capacity to investigate offshore bank accounts and tax havens?

When a national regulatory authority calculates costs incurred in establishing a service mandated under this Directive, it is appropriate to allow a reasonable return on the capital employed including appropriate labour and building costs, with the value of capital adjusted where necessary to reflect the current valuation of assets and efficiency of operations. The method of cost recovery should be appropriate to the circumstances taking account of the ...[+++] need to promote efficiency and sustainable competition and maximise consumer benefits.