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Generally positive industry reaction to the Ontario budget but acknowledgement from all quarters that it's not going to be enough. Radical action is needed to get homebuilding on pace.
- Patrick Flannery, editor
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The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) commends the Ford government for introducing legislation that will cut red tape, streamline approvals and tackle other issues that add to the cost of a new home, as it will spur more building.
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Supply-Build Canada (formerly Western Lumber Retail Association) will host its Golf Classics tournaments this summer in Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Calgary. The events are described as friendly competition, networking, and philanthropy to raise funds to support Supply-Build Canada’s industry scholarships. There are four tournaments in total, one of which is listed as already sold out.
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Victoria, B.C., author, Chris Goodburn, has a new book out titled Maximizing Business Value Construction Companies. Nice to see something like this from a Canadian.
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Skills Ontario supports strong investment by the Ontario Government into the skilled trades through the Skills Development Fund, and other steps outlined in the 2025 Ontario Budget, released today by Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance.
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The Missing Middle Initiative has struck again with a revealing fact-based look at how Ontario municipalities are generating their claims to have sped up development approvals by 80 and 90 percent, in some cases. Spoiler alert: it’s not by actually processing approvals faster.
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Our favourite how-to guy, Steve Maxwell, is at it again with this video showing how to install skylights that open and close automatically, powered by the sun.
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The Ontario Construction Secretariat has published its analysis of the 2025 Ontario budget and its impact for the ICI construction sector. While the OCS’s focus is commercial construction, many of the items are relevant for the renovation and homebuilding sector.
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Alex's injured employee is afraid to go back to work. What's the solution? Post your answer for a chance to win a 20V MAX GRABO Lifter from DEWALT.
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Silica is one of the most common hazards at construction sites. Workers exposed to airborne respirable silica are at an increased risk of developing lung diseases like silicosis, lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Meghan Friesen, Occupational Hygienist with the Ontario Health Clinics for Ontario Workers, discusses the hazards and health effects of silica, exposures in the construction industry, and the free online Silica Control Tool.
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High-profile wildfires doing substantial property damage to urban areas in B.C. and Alberta have spurred NRCan to look at creating Canadian building standards for wildfire resistance. The consultation process has just begun, but it seems likely that some day soon we may see new codes requiring resistant windows, doors and other components in wildfire-prone areas. What might these rules look like? How do we determine if a product is sufficiently resistant to external fires? And what is the science behind making frames and glass that resists fire and prevents heat transfer to the home interior? Robin Urquhart has worked on ...
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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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