At the recent Urban Transportation Summit in Toronto, I sat next to Colin Gordon. He was there because his company, Comstock Canada, was bidding on the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) contracts that [...]
Posted on 22 June 2009 · Written by Mira Shenker
At the recent Urban Transportation Summit in Toronto, I sat next to Colin Gordon. He was there because his company, Comstock Canada, was bidding on the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) contracts that [...]
Posted on 26 June 2009
A major$52 million contract to solidify and stabilize sediment at the Sydney Tar Ponds has finally been awarded. We actually announced this in our May/June 2009 issue. But now it's officially official [...]
Posted on 22 June 2009
More staffing announcements for PPP Canada (P3C), the crown corporation established almost two years ago, are coming out of the Ministry of Finance every few weeks. The latest addition to the board [...]
Posted on 22 June 2009
Last Friday's Canadian American Business Council's Energy and Climate Forum in Washington was a lot more action-packed than most industry conferences. According to a release sent out by ForestEthics [...]
Posted on 19 June 2009
The McGuinty government is tightening its belt and that means some changes in the way it handles consulting contracts. From now on, consulting services will be open to a fully competitive and transparent [...]
Posted on 16 June 2009
Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel has been appointed to the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives' (ICLEI) Executive Committee. Mandel made the opening remarks at the council's big meeting [...]
Posted on 11 June 2009
Today Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered a speech in Cambridge, Ontario-a quarterly update on his government's Economic Action Plan. "Today, I am here to announce that only 10 weeks into this fiscal [...]
Posted on 10 June 2009
Those of you looking to hire might want to take advantage of the free posting offer from the Canadian Public Works Association (CPWA). To promote its new WorkZone Job Board, the CPWA is offering free postings [...]
Proof that sometimes disincentives work better than incentives: Ontario's recent implementation of a five cent charge for plastic shopping bags is creating a change in consumer behaviour. Plastic bag use [...]
Today, on my LinkedIn profile, I posed a topical question — in Toronto at any rate — "is the public best served by unions or the private sector?" You can have your say by voting directly or by commenting [...]