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Pickering airport opponents hope the proposal will be abandoned after 50 years
After decades of protests against a long-standing proposal to build an airport in Pickering, Ont., opponents of the project are optimistic it will soon be abandoned for good.
Ontario to launch audits of six municipalities' housing finances
Clark announced that he's looking for auditors to go over the books of Toronto, Newmarket, Peel Region, Mississauga, Caledon and Brampton.
Residential building permits down 12% in ’22, says MPAC
Data from the organization suggests permit totals contracted for the first time in three years. The lifting of COVID-related restrictions was a likely contributor to changing consumer spending habits.
Windsor/Essex Acute Care Hospital project reaches planning milestone
This most recent submission to the province describes a functional program, a set of block diagrams, a campus plan, and an updated cost estimate.
CMHC is supportive of renovations, but our tax laws are not
Canada’s housing agency recommends converting more buildings to residential, but tax laws operate like it’s the 1940s.