The department will reserve immigration spaces for up to 6,000 undocumented construction workers, and allow qualified temporary foreign workers to study in apprenticeship programs without a study permit.

On an adjusted basis, the Toronto-based infrastructure firm says diluted earnings jumped to 25 cents per share from 12 cents per share.

Four projects will share in the funding from the federal government, and will create more than 300 housing units across Ontario.

Ford has also banned U.S. companies from bidding on the province's $30-billion worth of procurement contracts, and instructed the Liquor Control Board of Ontario to stop selling American products.

The association’s FairandOpenTO campaign urges residents and businesses to call on their councillors to adopt open tendering practices.