Governments and representatives from Canada’s construction and infrastructure industry have been quick to respond and condemn the unjustified and unreasonable tariffs imposed by U.S. President…
In the run-up to the next election, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has drawn up a portrait of the mood of the state of…
By Grant Cameron Government-related taxes, fees and levies on new housing must be reduced and approval times for projects must be shortened as production and…
The Calgary Construction Association (CCA) expressed deep dismay and concern over the recent announcement that the Green Line LRT project will face further delays due…
The Ontario Road Builders’ Association (ORBA) outlined its provincial transportation plan today with the release of Keep Ontario Moving: ORBA’s 2022 Provincial Election Priorities. The…
Yesterday Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, released Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience, the Government of Canada’s…
Yesterday Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Andrew Furey appointed members to his Cabinet and announced a number of changes related to department alignments. Elvis Loveless…
Today, Ontario Minister of Infrastructure, Laurie Scott, joined Michael Lindsay, president and CEO of Infrastructure Ontario (IO), to discuss developments underway in Ontario’s infrastructure outlook…
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland recently announced that annual gas tax fund payments to municipalities and First Nations communities will double in…
Ontario’s Minister of Finance and president of the Treasury Board, Peter Bethlenfalvy, has released the 2021 budget, Ontario’s Action Plan: Protecting People’s Health and Our…
Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, has launched an engagement paper on Canada’s first national infrastructure assessment: Building the Canada We Want in 2050.…
The Ontario government is providing 2.174-acres of land to the City of Toronto to build a community hub and centre for the arts in the…
Today, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna and the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne announced $2.75 billion in funding over five years,…
Iain Rankin was sworn in as Nova Scotia’s new Premier yesterday. His 16-member cabinet, in revamped roles and departments, support his focus on infrastructure, climate…
The Quebec government and local Innu communities are moving forward with a historic partnership that will enable the large-scale Apuiat wind farm project to become…
The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan are providing more than $13.6 million in joint funding for 30 new sustainable infrastructure projects in the province of…
Today the Government of Canada announced $14.9 billion for public transit projects over the next eight years, which includes permanent funding of $3 billion per…
A coalition of construction sector associations are urging the federal and provincial governments to deliver on infrastructure investments. The newly formed coalition, Building for Recovery,…
The Ontario government is investing $200-million in municipalities through the 2021 Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) to help 424 small, rural and northern communities build…
The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) has released a video that calls on federal and provincial governments to take urgent action and commit…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conducted a small but significant virtual shuffle of his ministers today, moving ministers around in three prominent files that will play…
Northwest Territories (NWT) Premier Caroline Cochrane recently announced the appointment of Steve Loutitt as the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure. “Steve Loutitt brings extensive experience that…
The Alberta government has released the new Public-Private Partnership Framework and Guidelines (P3 framework) and Unsolicited Proposal Framework and Guideline (USP framework) to help spur…
The British Columbia government is accepting applications from local governments, Indigenous communities and not-for-profit organizations for nearly $136 million in infrastructure grants to help communities…