The proposed Ontario Pumped Storage Project would be sited on DND lands in Meaford. If approved for construction, it would become the province’s largest energy-storge facility.

A new report issued by Cardus takes aim at community benefits agreements, arguing the need for reform to make the agreements better defined, less exclusionary and more measurable.

Several associations have written to procurement minister Anita Anand with concerns about changes to the way in which contractors and their workers are cleared to work on secure federal government sites.

Statistics Canada’s latest look at construction prices shows growth of 7.5 percent in the residential sector for the period of April to June, and of 3.7 percent in the non-residential sector.

Data released by Statistics Canada in its June Labour Force Survey report show the industry added 27,000 workers (+1.9%) during the month. Industry employment is now 5.4% higher than in June 2020, but still below the total recorded in June 2019.