Niagara Region will receive approximately $94 million, which includes $53 million for six water systems projects to help unlock up to 14,000 new homes.

The City of Toronto has chosen Stantec to lead the city's third consecutive bridge program management assignment.

Steelcon Group of Companies will deliver the structural steel component of the project, while Magil Construction Canada will provide the foundations work.

Most of the losses were felt in the manufacturing sector, which was down 29,400 jobs. That drop of 3.5 per cent was the sharpest quarterly job loss in the sector since 2009, except for the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Capital Funding Program will shift to a flexible, percentage-based funding model to better address construction and land cost variations.