Ontario home builders urge faster approvals, harmonized green building standards
Posted: Feb 11th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO — Ontario should speed up new housing approvals, increase skilled trade immigration, and “rein in” municipalities introducing varying green building standards, a residential builders’ group is telling the government. The province is sifting through[...]
Read More about Ontario home builders urge faster approvals, harmonized green building standardsInflation skyrockets to highest level in nearly 40 years as gas prices soar
Posted: Jun 23rd, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – Soaring gas prices helped the annual inflation rate in May soar to its highest level in nearly 40 years, as the rising cost of living for Canadians squeezed household budgets and bolstered expectations the Bank of Canada will opt[...]
Read More about Inflation skyrockets to highest level in nearly 40 years as gas prices soarFreeland touts previously announced measures to combat hot inflation
Posted: Jun 16th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO – Amid stubbornly hot inflation and rising interest rates, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland detailed financial commitments to “help make life more affordable for millions of Canadians” – but the measures were all previously announced. Freeland delivered[...]
Read More about Freeland touts previously announced measures to combat hot inflationOREA Calls on Provincial Parties to Prioritize Housing Policies
Posted: May 15th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsAccording to the Ontario Real Estate Association, with the Canadian dream of home ownership on life support in Ontario, Ontario REALTORS are calling on all political parties and candidates running in the 2022 Ontario election[...]
Read More about OREA Calls on Provincial Parties to Prioritize Housing PoliciesPromise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail
Posted: May 14th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO – A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives May 9: Increase disability support payment rates by five per cent[...]
Read More about Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trailOntario NDP, Tories promise to boost housing supply through differing measures
Posted: May 9th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOntario’s New Democrats and Progressive Conservatives are both promising to build 1.5 million homes in 10 years, with housing affordability becoming one of the main election issues in a province grappling with a dearth of[...]
Read More about Ontario NDP, Tories promise to boost housing supply through differing measuresOntario Home Builders’ Association Welcomes Provincial Budget
Posted: Apr 30th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsAccording to the Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA), the Ontario government’s 2022 Ontario budget lays out a path forward to build more housing supply and choice across the province. The OHBA states that the budget,[...]
Read More about Ontario Home Builders’ Association Welcomes Provincial BudgetTrudeau says budget measures will help Canadians weather Bank of Canada rate hike
Posted: Apr 14th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsLAVAL, Que. – Measures in the recently tabled federal budget such as a tax-free savings account for first-time homebuyers will help Canadians weather the Bank of Canada’s new interest rate hike, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. Earlier[...]
Read More about Trudeau says budget measures will help Canadians weather Bank of Canada rate hikeRCCAO welcomes budget’s housing focus, concerned for funding to cities
Posted: Apr 12th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsAccording to a release by the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO), the alliance welcomes the focus on housing and infrastructure investment in the Federal Government’s Budget 2022 but is troubled that there[...]
Read More about RCCAO welcomes budget’s housing focus, concerned for funding to citiesResidential builders glad housing identified as a priority, more details are needed
Posted: Apr 11th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsA release from the Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) announced that the organization is pleased the federal government has made the country’s housing crisis a major plank in its 2022 budget but it’s unclear[...]
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