The TTC has been given the green light to hand over a major contract for new trains on Line 2 to an Ontario-based company in a multi-government effort to shore up domestic production in the wake of American tariffs.

Toronto’s transit officials will be allowed to award a sole-source construction contract to Alstom Transport Canada for a total of 70 trains destined for the Bloor-Danforth, Yonge North and Scarborough Extensions.

In a joint federal-provincial-municipal announcement, the three levels of government said the “current competitive process for the trains has been cancelled” and bidders were notified that the city would choose the Canadian option instead.

“In the face of U.S. tariffs and economic uncertainty, this decision will support Canadian and Ontario workers with good manufa

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