The programs will prepare 1,700 workers for careers in such sectors as mining, logging, construction, healthcare and tourism.

The court majority said the law as written could regulate activities that are provincial business, instead of restricting Ottawa to environmental effects that are within its power to oversee.

The deal aims to spark the development of more than 2,600 units across the city, including near future Hamilton LRT stations.

The Wood Manufacturing Cluster of Ontario will use nearly $3 million in funding to help small and medium-sized businesses across southern Ontario adopt digital strategies.

Premier Doug Ford has made mining the Ring of Fire a key priority as part of his goal to build an end-to-end electric vehicle manufacturing chain in Ontario.