A downtown Ottawa parking structure partially collapses. Eliminating internal trade barriers. The CN Tower celebrateions National Engineering Month. These were the most-read stories in the Daily Media Report in early March.
Ottawa parking structure: An assistant professor of structural engineering at Carleton University is calling the partial collapse of a downtown Ottawa parkade in late February a wake-up call.
Internal trade: In the face of the tariff threats by the United States, Canada’s First Ministers issued a statement calling for the reduction of barriers to internal trade and labour mobility across the country. “The Prime Minister and the premiers directed the Committee on Internal Trade to work with the Forum of Labour Market Ministers to develop a service standard of 30 days or better to get people working faster, and provide a plan for Canada-wide credential recognition, while taking into account jurisdictional specificities such as language provisions, by June 1, 2025.”
CN Tower: In partnership with the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, the CN Tower is celebrating National Engineering Month with hands-on activities over March Break from March 10-14.
