Ontario plans to ban employers from requiring Canadian work experience in job postings or application forms.

Ontario’s decision to standardize working at heights training and make it mandatory beginning in 2017 has helped prevent injuries and saved lives, a new report from the Institute for Work & Health finds.

Announced last week, the plan specifically identifies that immigration levels must match labour needs, including those of the construction sector.

Total payroll employment in August contracted by 46,800. The construction sector alone accounted for 22,300 of those losses.

At 3.3%, construction's unemployment rate remains significantly below pre-pandemic levels when the unemployment rate used to hover around 4.5%.