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  • Ontario Announces Province-wide Stay-at-Home Order Effective April 8 at Midnight

    07/04/2021
    The Ontario government is immediately declaring a third provincial emergency under s.7.0.1 (1) of the Emergency...

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  • IHSA Racial Discrimination in the Workplace - Toolbox Talk

    01/04/2021
    In an effort to help employers to educate their workforces on racial discrimination in the construction industry, the...

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  • MTO’s New Road Building Machine Regulations Announced

    05/12/2016
    After much delay, the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has outlined its upcoming regulation and regulatory amendments...

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  • Rate Groups for Executive Officers in Construction - Request Form

    01/12/2016
    In response to a number of requests received following last week's bulletin on the WSIB Rate Group 755 – Non-Exempt...

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  • MTO Update on Reclassification of Road Building Machines (RBM)

    23/11/2016
    On November 18, the MTO notified construction and transportation stakeholders that its plan to reclassify certain Road...

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  • WSIB to Maintain an Executive Officer Rate Group through Transition

    23/11/2016
    On November 18, the WSIB announced that its Rate Framework Modernization (RFM) consultation exercise had concluded, as...

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  • WSIB Announces Further Reduction to Premium Rates for 2017

    23/11/2016

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  • MOECC Environmental Activity and Sector Registry Fee Increase

    23/11/2016
    On November 21, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) announced that they would be increasing the...

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  • MTO Proposing to Change Licence Renewal Requirements for Class D Drivers

    25/10/2016

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  • Joint Construction Employer Submission to the Changing Workplaces Review

    25/10/2016

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  • Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act – Compliance Toolkit

    25/10/2016

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  • Concrete Pump Operator – OCOT Certificate of Qualification Exam

    13/10/2016
    The Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) has announced that beginning December 12, 2016, to receive a Certificate of...

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  • MOECC Increasing Electronic Registration fees for Permit to Take Water

    13/10/2016

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  • Open Consultations to Review the Ontario Municipal Board

    13/10/2016

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  • Overview Presentation of the Construction Lien Act Report

    06/10/2016
    In follow-up to the September 29th bulletin on the publication of the Construction Lien Act Report (available by...

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  • MOECC Compliance & Enforcement Policy

    06/10/2016
    Attached to this bulletin is a copy of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change's (MOECC) Compliance and...

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  • Report on Updating the Construction Lien Act

    29/09/2016
    On September 26, the province published Striking the Balance: Expert Review of Ontario's Construction Lien Act...

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  • Government Priorities leading into 2018 Provincial Election

    29/09/2016

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  • MTO Traffic Manual Book 7 – Updates Published

    29/09/2016
    The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has published updates to its Ontario Traffic Manual Book 7. Both the office...

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  • Trucking Protest at GTHA Aggregate Pits Temporarily Resolved

    29/09/2016
    Late on Friday, September 23, the MTO announced that a temporary agreement had been reached to end the trucking...

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  • Creating Water Infrastructure Sustainability Through a Provincial Rate Setting Authority

    26/09/2016

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  • Aggregate and Dump Truck Protests Delaying Material Delivery in the GTHA

    21/09/2016

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  • $1-1 Billion in Dedicated Funding for Water and Wastewater Projects

    16/09/2016

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  • 24th Annual CCPPP National Conference

    15/09/2016
    The Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships is proud to announce this years dates for the 24th Annual CCPPP...

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  • Ontario Throne Speech - Government Priorities leading into 2018

    14/09/2016

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  • 2017 WSIB Premium Rates

    14/09/2016

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  • Internal Combustion Engines - Ventilation

    13/09/2016
    On July 1, 2016, section 47 of the Construction Project regulation (O.Reg 213/91) was amended around the operation of...

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  • Red Seal Certification for Heavy Equipment Operators

    11/08/2016
    The implementation date for the Interprovincial Red Seal Examination for Heavy Equipment Operators has been pushed...

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  • Standardizing Municipal Infrastructure Asset Management Requipments

    11/08/2016

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  • RBM Regulatory Proposal Response

    11/08/2016

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  • CPP Expansion and Winding Down the ORPP

    29/06/2016

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  • MTO to Resume Axle Weight Enforcement on August 1

    15/06/2016

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  • Permit to Take Water Regulations - What You Need to Know

    10/05/2016

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  • Ministry of Labour – Collective Agreement Library

    10/05/2016
    The Ministry of Labour has launched a new online service that allows the public to access all public and private sector...

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  • CATT Trenchless Roadshow

    03/05/2016
    Register for the 2016 CATT Trenchless Utility Roadshow! May 18-19 with pre-event courses on May 17 Scotiabank...

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  • Ontario Launches 2016 Workplace Blitz Schedule

    20/04/2016

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  • Electrical Safety Authority – Grounding Portable Generators

    20/04/2016

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  • IHSA Toronto Labour-Management Health and Safety Symposium

    20/04/2016

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  • New Permit to Take Water Regulations now in Place

    11/04/2016

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  • WSIB Rate Group 755 – Executive Officers and Non-Exempt Partners

    23/03/2016

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  • OPSS Municipal Specifications – Open for Review and Feedback

    23/03/2016

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  • OSWCA Submission on the MOECC’s Excess Soil Management Policy Framework

    23/03/2016

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