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Greenbelt is Ontario’s jurisdiction, Ford says after federal minister raises concerns

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 29th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

Steven 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[...]

Has Ontario’s housing ‘plan’ been built on a foundation of evidentiary sand?

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 28th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

Ontario 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[...]

Toronto city council approves plan to allow for greater density in residential areas

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 21st, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Toronto city council has approved a sweeping housing plan that will significantly transform zoning bylaws in an effort to address the affordability crisis. A majority of councillors — 23 out of 26 — voted in[...]

Toronto’s housing plan could take years to improve affordability for renters: experts

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 20th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Toronto’s recently approved housing plan is a good step forward but it could take years before the increase in supply makes renting more affordable in the city, urban planners and experts say. Toronto city council[...]

Ford to Crombie, mayors criticizing housing law: ‘Get on board’ and ‘stop whining’

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 9th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

The 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[...]

Ontario won’t allow homes to be built on floodplains, Ford says after fed warning

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 5th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

CLARINGTON, 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[...]

Ontario’s Bill 23 proposes more homes built faster, but this comes at an environmental cost

By:Building .caPosted: Nov 23rd, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Bill 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[...]

Ford’s plans worry Niagara conservation authority

By:Building .caPosted: Nov 15th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Group of sandhill cranes congregating in Ontario as they migrate THE LAKE REPORT The chief administrator of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority fears agencies like hers may lose the ability to protect vulnerable environments if[...]

Ontario’s Growth Plan is reducing housing affordability

By:Building .caPosted: Sep 17th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

A 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[...]

Collaboration with industry required for local housing crisis, says area developer

By:Building .caPosted: Jul 9th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

An artist rendering a ‘tiny home’. The Employee Village concept proposed creating 23 of these homes that would be approximately 900-square-feet. Contributed photo. COLLINGWOODTODAY.CA A major factor impacting the region’s attainable housing crisis is the lack of[...]