Canada
Canadian Property Management
Carbon price refocused on industrial emitters
Cancellation of the consumer carbon price comes with the Canadian government’s affirmation that other incentives for reducing GHG emissions from buildings will remain in place.
Construction Business
Vancouver moves to bolster local economic resilience
The City of Vancouver has passed an amended motion to protect local businesses and strengthen economic resilience.
Construction Business
Construction industry condemns U.S. tariffs
Canada’s construction industry and business groups are condemning the punitive tariffs imposed by the USA on Canadian goods.
Canadian Property Management
Retaliatory tariffs loom for buildings sector
Canada’s first round of proposed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports includes a range of building materials and furnishings, and equipment and products used in operations, maintenance and housekeeping.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Sean Fraser is leaving cabinet
Housing Minister Sean Fraser joins a growing list of federal cabinet ministers who will be stepping down in 2025 ahead of the October federal election.
Construction Business
U.S. home builders decry new tariff threat
A 25 per cent tariff on Canadian imports would further erode housing affordability in the United States, warn advocates for that country’s residential development industry.
Construction Business
Building a sustainable future for Canada
Canada has set a bold goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050 but are we on track to meet these goals.
Canadian Property Management
Emissions reduction plan hits early snags
A newly released audit of 20 select initiatives in the Canadian government’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan concludes that just nine of them are on track to meet their targets.
Canadian Property Management
Prized office tenant steps up green demands
Ottawa landlords are contemplating a list of new expectations from a prized office tenant following recently announced updates to the federal government’s green operations strategy.
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.
