The EllisDon-led construction team reached interim completion on the Thomson Centre last month, and has officially transferred ownership of the facility to Michael Garron Hospital.

The federal funding supports the charity’s plans to expand its facility with a net-zero carbon building on the campus of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

The speech touted key parts of Ford's agenda, including building highways and other infrastructure, attracting electric vehicle manufacturing investment, and a skilled trades strategy that seeks to address a labour shortage.

The stations, rail and systems portion of the project is being delivered using a progressive design-build delivery model. Two of the three pe-qualified consortia submitted bids for the work by the RFP deadline.

Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner said his priorities include investments in deeply affordable housing, as well as cancelling highway projects such as Highway 413 around the Greater Toronto Area.