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Feds unlock another $20 billion for low-cost rental construction financing: Freeland
Feds unlock another $20 billion for low-cost rental construction financing: Freeland
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is unlocking another $20 billion in low-cost financing for the construction of rental housing across Canada. The federal government had an annual limit of $40 billion on its Canada M...
Government
BILD report criticizes Toronto’s Committee of Adjustment process
TORONTO — A new study has found delays and inefficiencies within the City of Tor...
Government
Procurement Perspectives: Insurance and liability considerations for construction projects
To at least some degree, all contracts involve an allocation of risk between the...
Government
Ontario to introduce new Greenbelt law soon, new housing minister says
TORONTO — Ontario's legislature has resumed sitting after a summer recess, with...
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Feds unlock another $20 billion for low-cost rental construction financing: Freeland
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is unloc...
Government
BILD report criticizes Toronto’s Committee of Adjustment process
TORONTO — A new study has found delays and inefficiencies within the City of Tor...
Government
Procurement Perspectives: Insurance and liability considerations for construction projects
To at least some degree, all contracts involve an allocation of risk between the...
Government
Ontario to introduce new Greenbelt law soon, new housing minister says
TORONTO — Ontario's legislature has resumed sitting after a summer recess, with...
Government
Guilbeault suspending urban park study after Ford’s Greenbelt reversal
OTTAWA — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected today to sto...
Government
Stakeholders praise McNaughton legacy after surprise departure
The sudden announcement by Ontario Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and...
Associations , Government
Nova Scotia to mirror Ottawa and remove sales tax from new rental construction
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier says his government will remove the provincial p...
Government
Ford shuffles cabinet in wake of two minister resignations
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford has shuffled his cabinet in the wake of two...
Government
BREAKING: Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton leaving government for private sector
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government has lost another cabinet member...
Government
Rex Power Magnetics gets $4M to increase production at Ontario facilities
CONCORD, ONT. — The federal government has made an investment of nearly $4 milli...
Government , Resource
Canada signs $3 billion deal to finance nuclear power in Romania
OTTAWA — Canada is helping to finance two new nuclear reactors in Romania, which...
Government , Resource
Your top DCN headlines: Sept. 18 to 22
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news that yet another member of Doug Fo...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Premier Doug Ford announces reversal of Greenbelt land removals
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he is reversing his plan to open the pro...
Government
‘Insufficient grounds’ for full probe into Ford stag and doe: commissioner
TORONTO - Ontario's integrity commissioner says there are “insufficient grounds”...
Government
Freeland introduces bill to remove GST off rental developments, amend competition law
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced legislation this morning...
Government
Legal Notes: Correct names on both contracts and liens can save headaches
Registering a lien under the name of the company contracted to do the work seems...
Government
GST removal on new rental builds good news, but still ‘a long way from being out of the woods’: Lyall
The federal government’s announcement that GST will be removed on construction o...
Associations , Government , Projects
Kaleed Rasheed, cabinet member in Ford’s government, resigns after Greenbelt probe
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office says cabinet member Kaleed Rasheed...
Government
Liberals, Tories compete on housing policy as MPs return to Ottawa after summer break
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals intend to introduce legislation soon that would el...
Government
Procurement Perspectives: Outsourcing to reduce or control costs
While outsourcing is often a method used to reduce or control costs, it raises o...
Government
Province approves tender for replacement secondary school in Aurora
AURORA, ONT. — The Ontario government has provided the York Region District Scho...
Government , Infrastructure
Governments must work together to tackle the housing crisis
If ever there was a time for government leaders — federal, provincial and munici...
Government
Your top DCN headlines: Sept. 11 to 15
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news SNC-Lavalin is changing its name i...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , OH&S , Resource
Ottawa to remove GST on new rental housing, ask grocers to stabilize prices: PM
LONDON, ON. - The federal government will remove GST on construction of new rent...
Government
Feds unveil first deal for new housing accelerator fund in London
LONDON, ONT. — More than 2,000 new housing units should be built in London, Ont....
Government , Projects
Legal Notes: Indemnity awards are based on proportionality and court conduct
Full blown litigation through the courts is expensive. Furthermore, it is never...
Government
Ontario to move ahead with regional government review without facilitators
TORONTO — Ontario's new minister of municipal affairs and housing says that inst...
Government
Fraser pledges unprecedented housing measures as Trudeau meets Liberal caucus
LONDON, Ont. — Federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the Liberal government...
Government
HCRA takes action against two Ontario homebuilders
TORONTO — The Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA) has taken action aga...
Government
Science Collaboration Centre opens at Chalk River Laboratories
CHALK RIVER, ONT. - The Chalk River Laboratories recently celebrated the opening...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects , Resource
Montrealers line up for souvenir rivets from old Champlain Bridge
MONTREAL - Montreal-area residents lined up for the chance to own a little piece...
Government , Projects
Canada has nothing to fear over Britain’s RAAC turmoil
The U.K. government has been shaken by the potential failure of structural produ...
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New $1.2B Thunder Bay correctional centre the first of its kind in Ontario
Construction crews are presently doing civil work and finishing a substructure t...
Infrastructure , Projects
Top 10 major upcoming Midwest and Northwest construction projects – U.S. – September 2023
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Midwest and Northwest con...
Projects , US News
Graham outlines what goes into constructing U of T Lawson Centre for Sustainability
The Lawson Centre for Sustainability is a four-storey, hybrid mass timber and co...
Projects
Eliminating misconceptions, filling gaps focus of national mass timber research project
The goal of a new research program is to generate technical information that sup...
Resource
Inuvik wind turbine achieves major milestone as first power delivered to grid
In mid-September, Inuvik celebrated the first power produced by a 3.5-megawatt w...
Infrastructure , Resource
George Brown College’s Limberlost Place a smart building in every sense of the word
Limberlost Place, George Brown College’s 10-storey mass timber building at its T...
Labour
All eyes on London, Ont.’s Victoria Bridge replacement
Community eyes are watching as a bridge replacement near downtown London, Ont.,...
Infrastructure
Top 10 major upcoming educational and medical construction projects – Canada – September 2023
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming educational and medical c...