After honoring an American -owned company with a $ 140 million contract, questions are being raised about a major construction contract tied to Ontario’s largest hospital project.
Trilium Health Partners’ New 2.8 million-class foot Peter Gilgan Mississaga Hospital The largest healthcare in Canadian history is one of the infrastructure projects. The feature, which will be three times the size of the existing hospital, includes a 22-mangila patient care tower, including more than 350 beds, nine new and 14 enhanced operating rooms, a large newborn intensive care unit and one of the largest emergency departments in the province.
The Ontario Glass and Metal Association says that the province has made an expensive mistake with one of the contracts.
In a letter written to Premier Daug Ford, the association argues that a major frontal contract, an American -owned firm, was honored with an American -owned firm, who is reportedly outsourcing fabrication work in Mexico. They say that the contract should go to an Ontario-based contractor to keep a job and tax dollar in the province, especially as economic uncertainty.
The association president Blake Sanders says, “With the position of the American tariff, it is really, really bad time.” American tariffs on Canadian goods increased by 35 percent On 31 July.
“When it comes to the contracts of the US government, he has a section called Baba, which is a build America by America. It is very much linked to the contract funded by every US government. Why we do not have this in Canada? We should already be in Canada. We should first put in Canada,” Sanders said.
Ontario NDP said in a statement to Citynues, “Sending $ 140 million to an American company is unacceptable, when we need every public dollars going to keep the people working at home. Assistant workers and business starts with a plan to focus on construction here, support the local jobs and strengthen the economy here.”
Ontario Liberal leader Boney Crombie also shared his anorexia with the Ford government, giving a contract to a US-based company at one time when the US was hitting Ontario with growing tariffs.
“This is exactly the type of contract that should create Canadian jobs, pay Canadian wages, and strengthen our local supply chain. We are in the middle of a business war, and now is the time to make and buy local,” Crombie says.
It comes on the heel of Premier Ford that confirms $ 100 million Starlinks cancellation of Internet ContrackTeaOfficially ending his deal with SpaceX owned by Elon Musk.
CITYNEWS arrived in the province for comments, but has not yet received a response. Meanwhile, the association says that it is not just about glass and metal, it is about keeping the job of Ontario in Ontario.
