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Ontario to table budget amid both surging revenues, potential slowdown
Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says the vision he will set out Thursday afternoon will be a plan to attract jobs and build — keeping on a favourite theme of Premier Doug Ford's infrastructure-focused government.
StatsCan data looks at value, replacement costs of core public infrastructure
The total value of core public infrastructure across the country at the end of 2020 was $2.1 trillion, with roads, bridges and tunnels accounting for more than half of that figure.
Feds announce plans to spend $1.4B on JTF2 site in Ottawa
The project calls for upgrades to the Joint Task Force 2 special operations forces’ facilities at the Dwyer Hill Training Centre, including on 89 aging and temporary structures. EllisDon was awarded the construction management contract.
London announces $200M Renew Construction program spending
The city intends to invest in building and rehabilitating roads, sewers, watermains, sidewalks and intersections.
CMHC says annual rate of housing starts climbed 13 per cent in February
The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts for the second month of the year was 243,959 units compared with 216,514 in January.