TORONTO — Minister Caroline Mulroney, President of the Treasury Board, issued the following statement regarding a four-year tentative agreement reached with the Professional Engineers Government of Ontario (PEGO) bargaining unit. “Our government was elected to build Ontario for the next generation, including building more roads, highways, hospitals and homes. This plan to build makes Ontario one of the most competitive …
Levelling Playing Field for Ontario Businesses
New regulation helping modernize the public sector procurement process TORONTO — Effective April 1, 2024, a new regulation under the Building Ontario Businesses Initiative Act, 2022 (BOBIA) gives businesses across the province access to more government and public sector procurement opportunities. The new regulation enshrines in law that Ontario’s public sector — including hospitals, schools, colleges and universities — give preference …