The Ontario government announced further financial support for municipalities—in the form of money from the Gas Tax fund—on January 14. The funding is to be used to support public transit systems.

‘The health, safety and well-being of our workers and the communities in which we operate has always been the top priority of the more than 20,000 member firms of CCA,’ says a statement issued by the association on January 13.

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.

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.

Ontario’s new COVID−19 emergency measures don’t prevent construction from continuing on many developments, including condos.