Author: AMCO

An Ontario Construction Association Alliance (OCAA) report, Women in Construction, released March 8, 2026, finds women remain significantly underrepresented at nearly every level of the industry.  Read more here.

The Canadian economy is expected to see modest growth this year, but the ongoing war in the Middle East and continued trade uncertainty are among the risks to that projection.  Click here to read more.

Ontario’s Labour Minister, David Piccini, was recently designated by provincial premiers and labour ministers across the country to lead a national effort to dismantle barriers to labour mobility and harmonize construction safety standards.  Read more here.

Did you know the Daily Commercial News has three key newsletters that thousands of industry stakeholders and readers come to for the essential construction-related news and information they need?  Click here to review and subscribe.

The Government of Canada is investing close to $9 million in Canada’s Building Trades Unions to support the development, delivery and evaluation of green training for unionized and non-unionized sheet metal apprentices and journeypersons.  Read more here.

A shortage of qualified people to work in skilled trades is making rising costs of living even worse, economists and trade industry veterans say.

“It used to be 70 or 80 bucks for somebody to come to your house as a service call just to look at your dishwasher; now you’re going to pay double that,” said Mandy Rennehan, founder and CEO of construction company Freshco, which specializes in building retail stores.

And it’s not just homeowners paying the price.  Read more here.

Artificial intelligence and automation are having a limited impact on hiring, according to a recent report.  Read more here.

Province rolls out new labour mobility, internal free-trade regulations to help employers access skilled talent more quickly.  Read more here.

Ontario’s unionized building trades, select contractors and major-project owners are stepping up their efforts to ensure Ontario’s next wave of large construction projects is fully resourced by a well-trained workforce.  Read more here.

Having an automated external defibrillator (AED) on hand at a construction site could be the difference between life and death if an incident occurs.  That was the stark and explicit warning from medical and industry professionals who spoke at a webinar on the topic recently.  Read more here.