Governments around the world are increasingly using public procurement – the system governments use to make purchasing decisions – as a tool to simultaneously tackle climate change and support jobs.

The Montreal-based engineering firm locked down contracts tied to Ontario's GO Transit rail expansion, an offshore energy hub off the coast of Italy and a hospital redevelopment in Melbourne, Australia.

Lodging Econometrics’ report for the first quarter of 2022 shows 258 hotel projects planned or under construction across the country. Ontario accounts for 60 percent of those projects, while Toronto accounts for 25 percent of the national inventory.

The association has outlined five issues that it wants to see addressed by the next provincial government. Among them are regular funding on transportation infrastructure projects, and mechanisms to help address the shortage of heavy civil construction labourers.

The Progressive Conservatives say the new lines would supply more clean energy to the region and further support economic growth there.