Poilievre said the goal is to deliver higher paycheques to workers and make Canada less reliant on the U.S. economy.

Carney and the premiers met in Ottawa to deal with what he called a "crisis" caused by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Founded by a dozen of the country’s leading general contractors, the Canadian Construction Safety Council aims to elevate safety performance across the industry.

At more than 480,000 square feet, the building aims to be among the top five largest zero carbon industrial buildings in Ontario.

Poilievre said that a Conservative government would also commit $1 billion over three years to build a road network to link the mining sites to Ontario's highway network and First Nations communities in the area.