Greenbelt is Ontario’s jurisdiction, Ford says after federal minister raises concerns
Posted: Jan 29th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsSteven Guilbeault at the 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (photo: UN Biodiversity via Wikimedia Commons) BRAMPTON, Ont. – The Greenbelt is provincial jurisdiction, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday after the federal environment minister indicated he’d consider[...]
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Has Ontario’s housing ‘plan’ been built on a foundation of evidentiary sand?
Posted: Jan 28th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsOntario Premier Doug Ford talks to the media on a construction site in Brampton, Ont., in May 2022. Later in the year, the Ford government justified its adoption of sweeping housing legislation and the opening[...]
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Ford to Crombie, mayors criticizing housing law: ‘Get on board’ and ‘stop whining’
Posted: Dec 9th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsThe mayor of Mississauga and other municipal leaders who have voiced opposition to a new provincial housing law need to “get on board” and “stop whining,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday in an unprompted[...]
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Ontario won’t allow homes to be built on floodplains, Ford says after fed warning
Posted: Dec 5th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsCLARINGTON, Ont. – Ontario has no plans to allow homes to be built on floodplains, Premier Doug Ford said Friday after the federal environment minister warned Ottawa would not provide disaster compensation where development is[...]
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Ontario’s Bill 23 proposes more homes built faster, but this comes at an environmental cost
Posted: Nov 23rd, 2022In: ConstructionNewsBill 23 proposes to eliminate or weaken many housing development regulations including site plan controls, which keep us and our natural environment safe from the negative effects of poorly controlled development. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette[...]
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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[...]
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Flooding cuts 8.2 per cent off average Canadian home sale prices, says study
Posted: Feb 16th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsGatineau, Quebec, Canada, April 2019: Volunteers walk through water to carry sand bags while trying to protect a home during the spring 2019 floods of the Ottawa River. Flooding Canada experienced in the last decade[...]
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Most buildings were designed for an earlier climate – here’s what will happen as global warming accelerates
Posted: Jul 14th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsLunatictm/Shutterstock Ran Boydell, Heriot-Watt University Climate change will affect every aspect of our lives – including the buildings we live and work in. Most people in the US, for example, spend about 90% of their[...]
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Canada needs infrastructure that can handle climate change, report says
Posted: Jul 13th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsNATIONAL OBSERVER Canada should act fast to protect critical infrastructure from climate breakdown by building resiliency into ports, power grids, bridges, and more, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) says. Many solutions, like building[...]
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