Nova Scotia wind project with 17 turbines receives $118-million federal loan
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2024In: ConstructionNewsConstruction on the Higgins Wind Farm project in Higgins Mountain, N.S. is shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO A 17-turbine wind farm in central Nova Scotia is receiving a $118-million low-interest loan from[...]
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Seven in 10 Canadian Firms Expect Backlog to Grow or Remain During Next 12 Months: Report
Posted: Nov 2nd, 2023In: ConstructionNewsPhoto credit: Photomix Company A recent report has revealed that 70 per cent of Canadian civil and infrastructure construction firms expect their project backlog to increase or remain the same over the next year as[...]
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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[...]
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Ontario’s Growth Plan is reducing housing affordability
Posted: Sep 17th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsA building under construction in Toronto. According to Canada’s national housing agency, Ontario needs to build 1.8 million new homes to alleviate the housing crisis. (Shutterstock) Frank Clayton, Toronto Metropolitan University Few Ontario residents know[...]
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Pierre Poilievre: A look at the new Conservative leader’s key campaign promises
Posted: Sep 13th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre was elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada on Saturday night, a definitive first-ballot victory after a campaign that focused on securing more “freedom” for Canadians. Here[...]
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Call to Teams for Design Competition for Ontario Line East Joint Corridor
Posted: Jun 30th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsMetrolinx has launched a design competition to encourage teams to submit innovative urban design and landscape architecture solutions for the Ontario Line infrastructure that will be built around the existing rail corridor extending from Eastern[...]
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Home Building, Construction and RE Groups Congratulate Ford’s PC Party
Posted: Jun 3rd, 2022In: ConstructionNewsVarious construction, home building and real estate organizations have come forward and congratulated Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford and the PC’s for being re-elected. The Progressive Conservatives cruised to a second majority government Thursday. Doug Ford’s[...]
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Ontario 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,[...]
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RCCAO 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[...]
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Canadian economy expected to grow despite environment: Turner and Townsend report
Posted: Mar 14th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTurner and Townsend has released its 2022 Canadian Construction Market Intelligence Report. The report assesses the market conditions at the national and individual provincial level. According to its findings, Canada’s economy is expected to[...]
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