Indigenous Services Canada data shows 37 long-term drinking water advisories are still in place across the country — most of them in Ontario.

First Nations have warned of blockades of highways, railways and mines should the federal and provincial governments not reverse course and work with them.

The work in Oshawa is the first of a series of steps that the province plans to take to widen Highway 401 to 10 lanes.

The project involves retrofitting two buildings to include a new Central Library, the Art Gallery of Sudbury and the Sudbury Multicultural and Folk Arts Association.

The C. D. Howe Institute expects Canada's deficit to top $92 billion this fiscal year, given plans to meet NATO's defence spending target of two per cent of GDP.