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Holding our breath to see what happens with tariffs next week. Follow the link in our top story if you want to tell the feds to keep retaliatory tariffs off our building supplies.
- Patrick Flannery, editor
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The federal government has posted a list of proposed items to include in a potential second round of retaliatory tariffs to be implemented after April 2 if the U.S. government continues with its 25-percent tariffs on most goods imported from Canada.
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The Canadian Construction Association has published its recommendations to Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc in the 2025 pre-budget consultations.
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In conjunction with title co-sponsors, Jayman Built and SkyFire Energy, Built Green Canada announces winners in their second annual Maverick Awards, out of an impressive selection of worthy finalists.
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Typar has announced that its new Clear Acrylic Flashing received the prestigious Best of IBS Award for Most Innovative Building Material at the 2025 NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS).
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Save time and achieve flawless results with DAP’s 2-in-1 Spray Texture lineup. The AIM TECH Adjustable Nozzle tackles walls, ceilings, and hard-to-reach areas effortlessly. Customize spray patterns to match existing surfaces and enjoy a fast-drying formula for quicker jobs. Available in POPCORN, KNOCKDOWN, and ORANGE PEEL textures. Watch Steve Maxwell’s demo and see it in action!
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Advice from Cooper Equipment Rentals on how to protect your jobsite from flooding and water damage this spring.
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Great discussion on the Missing Middle Initiative podcast about how immigration affects housing and what we can expect as Canada cuts back on immigration rates.
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They say it works and would bring down the embodied carbon cost of a build significantly.
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Solve Jeff's Dilemma for a chance to win a DEWALT 20V Drill with New Tabless Battery Technology!
Jeff is wondering what to do when Canada's retaliatory tariffs raise prices on his favourite American brands...
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The difficulty, expense and delay in getting projects approved has been identified as one of the big reasons Ontario is nowhere near its homebuilding goals and not likely to be any time soon. Enter Arash Shahi and his non-profit One Ontario initiative to offer a database of municipal zoning bylaws and regulations that shows where building can happen and whether your project qualifies. One Ontario has the data and the software tools – what it needs now is provincial backing to legitimize regional planning authorities using it. Shahi explains what One Ontario is, what information it can provide and how it could be part of the path forward to getting this province out of its homebuilding logjam.
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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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Burnaby, BC
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North Vancouver, BC
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Vancouver, BC
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Brockville, Ont.
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