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Ontario’s deepening hydro mess
Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives went into the 2018 Ontario election campaign promising, among other things, to fix the province’s “hydro mess.”
Ottawa’s mechanical contractors report 75% increase in work hours
The Mechanical Contractors Association of Ottawa and United Association Local 71 report that working hours have jumped from 740,000 in 2011 to 1.3 million in 2021.
Labour markets constrict in July, with construction again reaching new milestones
The findings in Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey for July show a slight dip in all-industry employment from the month previous, and a new record national unemployment rate.
Slowing inflation not enough to prevent September interest rate hike, economists say
The year-over-year inflation rate slowed to 7.6 per cent in July, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday, with the deceleration largely driven by a decline in gas prices even as prices for food, rent and travel continued to rise.
CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts up 1.1 per cent in July
The housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in July was 275,329 units, an increase of 1.1 per cent from June.
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