Ontario
Canadian Property Management
Pandemic relief defrays Ontario insolvencies
Low interest rates, flexibility to defer payments and various government-funded programs synergized into what are characterized as “exceptional” circumstances in a recessionary period.
CondoBusiness
Power system revenue transcends lockdown relief
It appears that seven weeks of COVID-19-related electricity rate relief for residential and small business customers did not adversely undermine Ontario power system revenue.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
No electricity rate reprieve with this lockdown
There has been no rate relief with the latest stay-at-home imperative, but the Ontario Energy Board has extended the annual prohibition on electricity shut-offs during the cold months to cover much of May.
REMI Network
Ontario further extends deadline for virtual meetings
The Ontario government has extended the deadline for condo corporations to hold their meetings virtually and permit electronic voting without a bylaw.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario looks to stabilize and revive tourism
A $350-million tonic will be poured out in the form of direct aid for small operators, support programs for larger attractions, and inducements for consumers.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario doubles tax credit in tertiary markets
Canadian-controlled private corporations are eligible for refundable tax credits of up to $90,000 for building investments in southwest, eastern and northern Ontario.
REMI Network
Ontario ramps up long-term care spaces
On the heels of a third wave advisory, Ontario is issuing thousands more long-term care spaces to be built across the province, many resulting in the construction of new homes.
REMI Network
Ontario bestows land for community hub in Jane and Finch area
Ontario is donating 2.174 acres of land to the City of Toronto to build a much-needed community hub and centre for the arts in the Jane and Finch community.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario schools get funds for energy upgrades
Funds are drawn from the carbon pricing proceeds the federal government collects and redistributes in provinces that have not enacted their own carbon pricing programs.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Northwest Ontario inmates await needed space
Work will soon be underway to ease overcrowding at two Northwest Ontario correctional facilities in the interim before a planned new 325-inmate complex is built in the region.
Canadian Property Management
Women bear brunt of 2020 real estate job loss
Women were jettisoned from 14,300 of the roughly 16,000 positions Ontario's real estate, rental and leasing sector shed last year.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario prepares mega-site inventory
Newmark Global Commercial Real Estate Services has been named to lead the selection process once the in-progress call for 500- to 1,500-acre mega-sites closes on July 31.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario to stretch energy efficiency spending
A new slate of conservation and demand management (CDM) programs allocates $456 million for commercial, institutional and industrial consumers over the four-year period from 2021-24.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario Nurses’ Association urges province on airborne transmission
The Ontario Nurses' Association says the province has failed to act "despite persistent infection and consensus on aerosol transmission."
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Safety concerns abound as students head back to school
Assessing health, safety, and infection control risks of going back to school against the value of physical classes is a tricky balance.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Vaccination priority list omits security guards
Union officials are also calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to affirm that security guards are essential workers.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Licensing exams go online for security guards
The new option aligns with the Ontario government’s objective to provide digital alternatives for paper-based administrative processes.
