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Toronto mayor asks for more funding from federal and provincial governments for 2021
Tory says that if the higher levels of government don’t come through with renewed funding Toronto will have to cut up to $860 million of capital spending.
Unionized work is safer: OCS/IWH study
Using WSIB data from 2012 to 2018, the report found that lost-time injury claims on unionized non-residential construction sites are 31 percent lower than those on non-union sites. Claims for severe injuries are also 29 percent lower on union job sites.
Bowmanville Hospital receives $2.5M for renovation planning
An investment from the province is the latest step along the way to substantially renovating the facility. Construction procurement is expected to begin in 2022. Financial close of the P3 in anticipated for 2024.
Bank CEOs say economic rebound is coming, but short term looking 'not as good'
The chief executives of the country’s most prominent banks think Canada is benefiting from generous government relief packages that reduced delinquencies and insolvencies and the arrival of several promising COVID−19 vaccines.
GoFor goes electric
The Ottawa-based on-demand construction-materials delivery service has partnered with a California-based electric-vehicle fleet as a service provider to electrify its fleet beginning early in the year.