The alliance provided a brief to Premier Doug Ford and several MPPs outlining six steps to reform the province’s locate system, which it says is flawed and lags consistently behind schedule.

The rate of starts recorded in August is the highest the country has seen since September 2007. But with so much of the activity focused in the multi-family sector, experts wonder if the recovery may be flawed.

Two affordable-housing projects in London have received a combined $8.4 million in funding.

Work on the century-old Riverside Dam was suspended in May when the COVID pandemic forced council to delay or cancel several infrastructure projects. It will resume next year—but on a longer timeline and likely at a greater cost than originally planned.

Lost productivity due to physical distancing requirements and reduced site crew numbers, combined with past contractor performances have pushed back the projects’ substantial completion to the end of the year, says a Toronto staff report.