The governments are aiming to reduce interprovincial barriers and encourage the flow of labour between the two provinces.

Removing the West Plug is the first step in allowing the renaturalized Don River to flow into Lake Ontario, and creating a new island community.

The facility will include a river otter habitat, a turtle hatchery, and labs and classrooms for use by students from the University of Toronto.

The process will call for firms specialized in residential design services to produce a series of flexible designs that will form the federal low-rise housing design catalogue.

The June result was the highest reading for the unemployment rate since January 2022 when it was 6.5 percent.