Canada
Construction Business
Canada increases steel imports transparency
Canada will require all steel imports to report where the raw steel was first produced, known as country of melt and pour.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canada announces investment in Hamilton housing projects
A joint investment of nearly $64 million from the Government of Canada and the City of Hamilton will go towards the building and repair of critical housing units in Hamilton.
Canadian Property Management
Large share of ultimate BOMA TOBYs go to Canada
Canadian buildings capture seven of the 15 BOMA International TOBY Awards for 2023, representing the culmination of a three-step process to identify the year’s top achievers.
Construction Business
Federal $4B fund aims to fast-track housing
The federal government has launched the Housing Accelerator Fund, a $4 billion initiative to fast track housing.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian buildings scrutinized in OECD review
As part of a biennial review and benchmarking of Canada’s economic performance, a new OECD report looks at progress toward the interim 2030 target and 2050 goal for net-zero carbon emissions.
Canadian Property Management
Dim future for fluorescents and metal halides
Fluorescents and metal halides will be further marginalized in the lighting market with pending amendments to Canada’s regulations governing products containing mercury.
Canadian Property Management
Lucrative tax credits pledged for heat pumps
Canada’s fall economic statement pledges $6.7 billion over five years to support uptake of a range of clean technologies, including solar heating, air-source and ground-source heat pumps and energy storage.
Canadian Property Management
Emissions reduction agenda up for discussion
Newly released discussion paper sets out proposed action areas for cutting about 38 megatonnes of greenhouse gas output from Canada’s building inventory within the next eight years.
CondoBusiness
Rules for first home savings accounts unveiled
As proposed, Canada’s first home savings accounts (FHSAs) would share features with both registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) and tax-free savings accounts (TFSAs),
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New centre promotes Black-led community housing
The Black Communities Housing Technical Resources Centre has a mandate to support housing proponents through a continuum of project planning, development and management processes.
Canadian Property Management
Fossil-fuel-fired power plants placed on notice
Utilities and other entities selling power into public transmission and distribution networks have about 12 years to cut the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their production processes down to near-zero levels.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canada’s top rents rank moderately in the U.S.
Canada’s two priciest rental housing markets fall toward the moderate end of the scale when mixed in with the largest urban centres in the United States.
Canadian Property Management
Hines revs Canadian investment vehicle
Hines is targeting Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary for up to CAD $2 billion in high-profile real estate acquisition and development opportunities.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Feds seek input on climate change adaptation
A newly launched consultation process will help finalize a national climate change adaptation strategy, which is scheduled to be released this fall.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
First-time positions anchor accessibility agenda
Stephanie Cadieux and Michael Gottheil begin respective terms as Canada's first Chief Accessibility Officer and Accessibility Commissioner to the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ukrainian evacuees arrive to housing scarcity
Newcomers will be confronting Canada’s affordable housing shortage, while also dealing with potential trauma, language barriers and the general culture shock of unfamiliar surroundings.
Canadian Property Management
Air-source heat pumps added to tax break list
Air-source heat pumps have been added to the list of clean energy equipment that qualifies for Canada’s accelerated capital cost allowance program.
