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Solving a longstanding construction worker shortage will be key to boosting housing supply, experts say, as Canada’s national housing agency continues to forecast housing start levels that fall short of growing demand. The growing construction labour shortage was cited by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. as one of three …
Read More »Premier Ford stands by housing minister in ongoing Ontario Greenbelt scandal
Ontario Premier Doug Ford scoffed at suggestions his government’s controversial Greenbelt land swap amounted to corruption as he addressed reporters for the first time since a high profile resignation over the growing scandal. During an 18-minute news conference outside his Queen’s Park office, the premier also denied any knowledge of …
Read More »Manitoba’s Stefanson stands firm on ‘very difficult decision’ against landfill search – Winnipeg
It’s been two weeks since the provincial government’s decision not to search a Manitoba landfill for the remains of missing and murdered Indigenous women set off a wave of protests, but Premier Heather Stefanson says she hasn’t changed her stance. Stefanson told Global Winnipeg on Friday that the “difficult” choice …
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