The proposed Highway 413 is set to serve Greater Toronto Area communities including Vaughan, Ont., and Brampton, Ont., a region holding several seats that all three major parties consider to be in play.

Funded in part by Natural Resources Canada, the competition will issue grants of up to $500,000 for as many as 16 building-renovation projects that will curb GHG emissions by 2025.

The 120,000-square-foot AMD Medicom facility will be the first to manufacture the gloves outside Asia.

The fixed-price contract for the work is valued at $224 million. EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare will design, build and finance the project.

Canada and Ontario are jointly investing more than $1 billion to help Stellantis retool its Canadian auto plants to make electric vehicles.