The project will modernize the city’s second-largest wastewater treatment plant infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance operational efficiency.

Construction employment contracted by 0.6% over the 12-month period ending in October 2025, while the labour force (those employed and those seeking employment) rose by 0.3%.

The approximately $311-million investment in the region is expected to start in 2027 and be complete by 2029.

The guide offers solutions to repairing fragmented procurement practices that slow progress and create delays and inefficiencies.

Canada has struggled in the past to diversify beyond the U.S., with the share of exports to heading south of the border consistently pushing past 70 per cent for decades.