Stakeholders urge further steps as feds unveil asbestos plan
/in front, news/by CANSThe federal government has followed through on its 2016 commitment to ban asbestos with a series of regulations and other initiatives involving at least four different ministries to further control exposure to the carcinogen. Read more.
CIRP fighting ‘fentanyl explosion,’ helping construction workers
/in front, news/by CANSThe demand for mental health and addiction services for construction workers at a B.C. treatment centre has “almost tripled” in the past year — largely driven by the fentanyl overdose epidemic. Read more.
Liberals’ two year infrastructure plan set to take five: documents
/in front, news/by CANSLate last year, officials warned that a federal spending spree to repair crumbling roads and water systems could take three years longer than expected to complete, based on internal documents outlining issues with the first tranche of cash in the government’s infrastructure program. Read more.
Non-residential capital stock remaining service life, 2015
/in front, news/by CANSStatistics Canada released data on the age of the non-residential capital stock in the provinces. The assets are measured by the “remaining useful service life of non-residential capital stock” which is estimated as a percentage of service life remaining relative to the total service life of the asset. It is measured as the ratio of […]