The inauguration of the 585,000-square foot facility on May 12 saw the building named after Albert Jackson, who is believed to be Canada’s first Black letter carrier.

Dozens of experts advising the government on adapting to climate change say Canada needs to do more to prepare infrastructure for the threats of extreme weather and get faster at helping Canadians recover from floods, fires and major storms.

Governments around the world are increasingly using public procurement – the system governments use to make purchasing decisions – as a tool to simultaneously tackle climate change and support jobs.

The Montreal-based engineering firm locked down contracts tied to Ontario's GO Transit rail expansion, an offshore energy hub off the coast of Italy and a hospital redevelopment in Melbourne, Australia.

There is no end in sight to strike action that has seen more than 15,000 ICI-sector carpenters walk off the job last week.