An innovative technology known as Borehole Thermal Energy Storage could be an effective solution to Canada’s winter woes.

The corridor between Toronto and Quebec City would run along mostly brand new track on land owned largely by Canada’s two rail giants, CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd.

Building permit values reached $11.7 billion for the month, with both sectors reporting contractions.

The new legislation proposes changes that will affect employers in particular to the Employment Standards Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Statistics Canada’s labour force survey on Friday said the unemployment rate dipped 0.1 percentage points to 6.7 per cent, beating expectations.