The project calls for upgrades to the Joint Task Force 2 special operations forces’ facilities at the Dwyer Hill Training Centre, including on 89 aging and temporary structures. EllisDon was awarded the construction management contract.

Jackson Roofing & Son Contracting was found to have violated the Occupational Health and Safety Act in connection with a 2021 fall that led to a worker’s death.

Monday's legislation would also require at least one women's only toilet on large construction sites, double the number of toilets required on job sites, and hand sanitizer where there is no running water. 

The city intends to invest in building and rehabilitating roads, sewers, watermains, sidewalks and intersections.

The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts for the second month of the year was 243,959 units compared with 216,514 in January.