News Summary

The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) has initiated a grassroots campaign named FairandOpenTO, targeting Toronto City Council. The campaign aims to encourage the council to adopt fair and open tendering processes for public construction projects. Currently, Toronto’s restrictive tendering process only allows bids from contractors affiliated with certain construction unions, which reportedly costs the city an estimated $347 million annually in lost savings. The PCA’s campaign seeks to persuade residents and businesses to advocate for change to this decades-old policy.