Support for a cost-relief program for construction companies suffering the financial impacts of site closures and delays is gathering steam among trade contractors.

The national association is asking for the federal government to create a program to provide relief to contractors for up to 5 percent of contract values as a result of extra costs relating to COVID-19.

Construction has been ordered substantially shut down in Ontario: Who bears the costs of delay, and what might those be?

Totals for the year to date are more than $11 million ahead of the previous year’s pace.

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board president and CEO Tom Teahen itemizes the ways the board is helping businesses and employers during the COVID-19 pandemic.