The $2.5-billion projects are now more than 65 percent complete. Early operations are already in progress, and the plants and are heading toward full start-up activities by the end of next year.

The latest provincial stay-at-home order, which came into effect shortly after midnight on April 17, places stricter restrictions on all activities in the province, including construction, in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19.

Ministry inspectors, supported by provincial offenses officers and consultants from the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association will visit 1,300 construction sites to enforce safety requirements relating to the spread of COVID-19.

Orillia has revealed developers’ plans to redevelop a significant piece of property along the city’s waterfront.

Why would a public buyer of construction opt to completely eliminate any form of open competition, decide to proceed without the use of a fair, open and transparent tendering process, and instead, offer only one contractor the project?