The government has allocated $130 million to expansion. Nine projects are approved for construction, with more being evaluated by the Ontario Energy Board.

Construction of the new eight-bed building is being led by Oshawa’s J.J. McGuire General Contractors and funded in part by local donors.

The new prompt payment and adjudication provisions in Ontario’s Construction Act are now in effect. The provisions follow the modernization provisions and trust changes that came into effect last year.

A proposal in the city’s 2020–2023 multi-year budget considers the long-term accommodation of city staff, and the option to build a new city hall building at a cost of $125 million.

KWC Architects and Diamond Schmitt Architects share in a prestigious international award for their work converting a downtown train station into the home of the Senate of Canada.