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Great to see some big Canadian flags hanging over the booths of Canadian exhibitors at IBS. A valuable reminder to attendees of how important this trade relationship is. NAHB gets it...let's hope others can, too.
- Patrick Flannery, editor
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U.S. president Donald Trump has said that his administration will go forward with 25 percent (10 percent on energy) tariffs on all goods imported from Canada on March 4, following a month-long reprieve from his originally announced January date. Those tariffs would be on top of 25 percent tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel imports scheduled to go into effect March 12.
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Each education hub will receive $125,000, which will be used for student scholarships and awards, youth engagement initiatives, and experiential learning. (CNW Group/Mattamy Homes Limited)[/caption] Mattamy Homes has announced a $250,000 contribution to the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). Each education hub will receive $125,000 in support of student scholarships and awards, youth engagement initiatives, and experiential learning with a critical focus on growing the skilled trades.
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The Ontario Home Builders’ Association has confirmed a new board of directors for EnerQualityh has been appointed. The interim board, composed of interim chair, Brian Johnston, former CEO of CreateTO,Peter Saturno, president of Midhaven Homes, and Gord Cooke, president of Building Knowledge Canada, invested significant time over the last few months to improve EnerQuality’s governance and recruit a new CEO to drive anambitious growth plan for the future, OHBA said.
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The Canadian Contractor team attended the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas this week. There’s too much there to see it all, but here are some things that jumped out.
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...the Coalition for Better Infill is back in the news this month, working to turn back the clock on this progress. With a message of “start pushing back” in the context of this October’s municipal election, their goal is to put pressure on all candidates to significantly water down or even outright repeal the new zoning bylaw and other city planning policies. As a 24-year-old born-and-raised Edmontonian, I am concerned by the narrative and momentum that this group is trying to generate and I want to balance out the conversation.
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Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of Canada, has a policy platform out on housing as part of his run for leader of the federal Liberals.
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Chrystia Freeland, former finance minister and deputy prime minister, has her platform on housing out as part of her run for the federal Liberal leadership.
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David wins our February contest and is entered in our draw for a DeWalt 20V drill. Look for our March Dilemma coming out next newsletter!
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Gil Yaron of Light House is spearheading the launch of the Building Materials Exchange on Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland, B.C., with plans to expand. It’s a website where members can post excess materials from inventory or jobsites and offer them for sale or free to whomever wants them. The important wrinkle is the business-to-business nature of the site, allowing contractors to deal with other contractors and not so much the general public.
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Canada, and especially Ontario, faces a housing crisis in which we are building less than half the new homes each year we are expected to need. But even so, housing starts dropped in Ontario in 2024. Radical action is clearly needed, and RESCON CEO Richard Lyall has some ideas. He joins The Hammer for some tough talk about the need for big cuts to development fees and taxes; new investment in infrastructure; harmonization of codes and standards; slashing of red tape in approvals process; the need to fight U.S. tariffs and more.
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Jared Kress of Metropolitan Floors and Chris Maskell of the National Floor Covering Association of Canada join The Hammer to set us straight on the impact insulation class (IIC) for flooring. This is the number that tells us how much a flooring product prevents sound transmission to the space below from footsteps. Some condo boards and architects are specifying crazy numbers for these ratings, but what you get in a lab is often not what you get in the field. Kress and Maskell take us through how the rating is calculated, what impacts the actual performance in your project and what you need to tell clients who think your floor can be made absolutely silent.
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