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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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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