The 11 projects include retrofit work on municipal buildings, and construction of active transportation infrastructure and disaster mitigation infrastructure.

Parliament’s budget watchdog is raising red flags over the lack of details in the Liberal government’s $100−billion stimulus plan, suggesting Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s phone is likely “ringing off the hook” from lobbyists wanting a piece of the action.

The combined project spend is nearly $50 million, and will see the construction and rehabilitation of the Greenway and Adelaide wastewater treatment plants.

The drop of 0.4 percent is the second in a row. And while activity in the residential sector remains strong, investment in the non-residential has yet to climb back above pre-COVID levels.

The new Group Sponsorship Grant program aims to take some of burden of bringing an apprentice through completion of their training by allowing more than one company to sponsor an apprentice.