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[...]
Read More about Ontario home builders urge faster approvals, harmonized green building standardsPierre 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[...]
Read More about Pierre Poilievre: A look at the new Conservative leader’s key campaign promisesHome 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[...]
Read More about Home Building, Construction and RE Groups Congratulate Ford’s PC PartyOREA Calls on Provincial Parties to Prioritize Housing Policies
Posted: May 15th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsAccording to the Ontario Real Estate Association, with the Canadian dream of home ownership on life support in Ontario, Ontario REALTORS are calling on all political parties and candidates running in the 2022 Ontario election[...]
Read More about OREA Calls on Provincial Parties to Prioritize Housing PoliciesPromise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail
Posted: May 14th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO – A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives May 9: Increase disability support payment rates by five per cent[...]
Read More about Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trailOntario NDP, Tories promise to boost housing supply through differing measures
Posted: May 9th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOntario’s New Democrats and Progressive Conservatives are both promising to build 1.5 million homes in 10 years, with housing affordability becoming one of the main election issues in a province grappling with a dearth of[...]
Read More about Ontario NDP, Tories promise to boost housing supply through differing measuresOntario 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,[...]
Read More about Ontario Home Builders’ Association Welcomes Provincial BudgetApartment, row house growth outpaces single detached homes: census
Posted: Apr 29th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO – Single-detached houses are still the most plentiful type of housing in Canada, but apartments and row houses are slowly catching up, the latest census data reveals. The figures released by Statistics Canada on[...]
Read More about Apartment, row house growth outpaces single detached homes: censusTrudeau says budget measures will help Canadians weather Bank of Canada rate hike
Posted: Apr 14th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsLAVAL, Que. – Measures in the recently tabled federal budget such as a tax-free savings account for first-time homebuyers will help Canadians weather the Bank of Canada’s new interest rate hike, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. Earlier[...]
Read More about Trudeau says budget measures will help Canadians weather Bank of Canada rate hikeRCCAO 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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