Billions needed to prepare buildings for climate change
Posted: Jul 27th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsALBERT GAZETTE Changing buildings to make them more weather resistant will save money and lives in the long run, says one expert. In the wake of another summer of extreme weather events, including another fire[...]
Read More about Billions needed to prepare buildings for climate changeCity steps to national forefront of embodied carbon reduction research
Posted: Jun 13th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsPhoto by Roy Gaiot, Canadian Architect magazine THE NELSON DAILY With the release of a new report the city has become one of the leading municipalities in the nation when it comes to addressing embodied[...]
Read More about City steps to national forefront of embodied carbon reduction researchFeds name housing priorities, eye foreign buyers ban on non recreational residences
Posted: Dec 18th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsJustin Trudeau has handed his housing minister a series of tasks – including some targeting foreign buyers – in an attempt to make home ownership a reality for more Canadians. In a mandate letter sent[...]
Read More about Feds name housing priorities, eye foreign buyers ban on non recreational residencesBank of Canada deputy says households may be more impacted by rise in interest rates
Posted: Nov 25th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – A senior official at the Bank of Canada says the number of highly indebted households appears to be back on the rise as pandemic aid from governments winds down. In a speech to a conference held by the Ontario[...]
Read More about Bank of Canada deputy says households may be more impacted by rise in interest ratesEnd of quantitative easing shadows Liberals’ consultation on managing federal debt
Posted: Nov 2nd, 2021In: ConstructionNewsDeputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland discusses Canada’s economic recovery in a virtual conversation hosted by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce on October 27, 2021. OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada’s move to end its pandemic-driven[...]
Read More about End of quantitative easing shadows Liberals’ consultation on managing federal debtBank of Canada warns on prolonged inflation, ends bond buying program
Posted: Oct 28th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsBank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem (photo: Bank of Canada @bankofcanada Twitter) OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is warning inflation will stay higher for longer than it previously forecast and signalled that an interest rate hike may be[...]
Read More about Bank of Canada warns on prolonged inflation, ends bond buying programPush to send vaccines to developing nations a global economic win: BoC chief
Posted: Oct 9th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – The governor of the Bank of Canada pressed the case for COVID-19 vaccines to be sent to developing nations as part of a broader push to not only end the pandemic, but aid[...]
Read More about Push to send vaccines to developing nations a global economic win: BoC chiefU.S. moves to double tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber imports
Posted: May 25th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsCALGARY – A move by the U.S. Commerce Department to increase preliminary tariffs on softwood lumber imports from Canada, if finalized, will raise producer costs and cut into their profits but is unlikely to affect prices to[...]
Read More about U.S. moves to double tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber importsCanada has new ways to pressure Washington over softwood lumber duties: ambassador
Posted: Apr 9th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsVANCOUVER – Canadian officials have new leverage as they urge Washington to negotiate a solution to the long-standing dispute over U.S. duties on softwood lumber, Canada’s ambassador to the United States said Thursday. Kirsten Hillman[...]
Read More about Canada has new ways to pressure Washington over softwood lumber duties: ambassadorWith travel plans cancelled, Atlantic Canadians turn to home renos
Posted: Apr 6th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsTELEGRAPH-JOURNAL When the pandemic closed borders and put a temporary stop to travelling, many Atlantic Canadians took their holiday funds and poured them into home renovations instead. “We were saving up for a trip to[...]
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