Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark said the new powers for the large and fast-growing municipalities will ensure they can deliver on provincially assigned housing commitments.

Ontario has used its powers to push through the redevelopment of three long-term care homes run by a company accused of serious mismanagement during the pandemic.

Investment crossed the $20-billion mark in April, as growth in the non-residential sector offset a slight contraction in housing.

The Business Council of Alberta calls Canada's current regulatory system for large-scale infrastructure projects "complex, fractured and frustrating."

Bowmanville Construction Partners has been awarded the early-stage contract. The project will see the Lakeshore East GO line extended almost 20 kilometres east into Bowmanville.