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Ontario reversing urban boundary expansions for several communities
Paul Calandra said he is reversing course on changes to official boundaries for Barrie, Belleville, Guelph, Hamilton, Ottawa and Peterborough.
Construction labour markets remain tight, despite a modest employment retreat in September 2023
At 3.3%, construction's unemployment rate remains significantly below pre-pandemic levels when the unemployment rate used to hover around 4.5%.
Ontario’s small modular reactors could create as much as $15B in GDP growth, Conference Board report finds
The construction and operation of four small modular reactors at the Darlington Nuclear site could boost Canada’s GDP by more than $15 billion over the next 65 years, a new report from the Conference Board of Canada suggests.
Two Ontario municipalities ask province to compensate them for Greenbelt work
Two Ontario municipalities are asking the provincial government to reimburse them for more than $400,000 in costs they incurred while working on the now-reversed Greenbelt land removals in their communities.
Toronto again leads crane index
The latest report from RLB finds there are more tower cranes in use across Toronto than there are across all 13 other key North American cities combined.