The utility has heard from the Town of Port Hope and area First Nations that there is interest in transforming the long-dormant Wesleyville Generating Station into a nuclear generating station.

With the Trump tirade of instituting a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods and the Canadian government’s retaliatory steps in matching those tariffs dollar for dollar, where does that leave Ontario’s construction industry?

Ford last week also announced he would spend an additional $22 billion to build infrastructure, as part of the stimulus package, and that he would add $1 billion to the Skills Development Fund. 

Erskine-Smith said the province has seen spending on social housing decline by nearly 10 per cent, even after factoring in federal commitments.

LiUNA, which represents more than 120,000 workers in Ontario, has given its official endorsement to Ford and the Ontario PCs.