Toronto's plan aims to exceed or meet the target it was recently given by the province to build 285,000 homes over the next 10 years.

The money will help small, rural and northern communities renew and rehabilitate roads, bridges, water and wastewater projects.

The most recent Labour Force survey showed that both construction employment (-47,000; -3.0%) and the industry labour force (-45,000; -2.7%) contracted in November.

CHAR Technologies produces renewable natural gas (RNG) and biocarbon. Its expansion plan will create the largest facility of its kind in Canada, and the only RNG facility in the country to exclusively use woody biomass.

The Independent Electricity System Operator released a series of publications Thursday, including a study on pathways to decarbonizing the grid, which it said will be a complex task as electricity demand is projected to rise over the same time period.