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Canadian Property Management
Ontario to require full-time office presence
More than half of provincial employees can already be found in Ontario government offices from Monday through Friday, while the remainder have had the option to work off-site up to two days per week.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
‘80s set tone for Ontario institutional levy
Ontario municipalities are again asking for an upward adjustment to the payments that health care, post-secondary and correctional facilities make in lieu of property tax.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario reorients electricity grid access
Data centre development that aligns with Ontario’s economic development priorities has been promised a preferential place in the queue to connect to the electricity grid.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New fines loom for fire safety enforcement
Ontario municipalities will have an optional set of fines for enforcing fire safety once the provincial government finalizes the framework for administrative monetary penalties, known as AMPs.
CondoBusiness
Ontario defers due date for development charges
Ontario's new move to defer the due date for development charges is expected to ease upfront costs for condominium developers and create cash flow headaches for some municipalities.
REMI Network
Rec centres to be revitalized in Kitchener-Waterloo
A new quad-gymnasium is coming to RBJ Schlegel Park in Kitchener, with upgrades to other recreational facilities across Waterloo.
REMI Network
Ontario parks may relax liquor-use restrictions
Proposed changes to the Liquor Licence Control Act could expand areas where alcohol can be consumed in Ontario Parks.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Landlords’ contact information elicits caution
The Ontario government is tweaking requirements for credit bureaus to release contact information for third-party users of credit scores to the scrutinized consumers.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
AEDs coming to Ontario construction sites
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) will be required equipment on many Ontario construction sites under proposed amendments to the provincial Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario asserts veto rights for school names
The Ontario government is asserting veto rights for school names through a proposed amendment to the provincial Education Act.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New tax twist for affordable rental housing
A promised new optional property tax subclass would allow Ontario municipalities to reduce the tax rate on qualifying affordable rental units by up to 35 per cent.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario heeds logistics sector maintenance
Ontario introduces a new tax credit to encourage a state of good repair in the logistics sector, and enhances its temporary tax credit for building and outfitting industrial facilities.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario doubles down on Building Code supremacy
The Ontario government is doubling down on its message to municipalities to back away from setting new building performance standards or deconstruction ordinances.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Illegal drug activity could ensnare landlords
Proposed Ontario legislation targets landlords who knowingly permit or possess proceeds from the production or trafficking of controlled substances within premises they control.
CondoBusiness
Elevator safety enforcers to impose new fines
Inadequately monitoring elevator technicians’ credentials could have financial consequences for multifamily landlords, condominium corporations and long-term care home and student residence operators in Ontario.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario vague on special economic zones
Ontario's Bill 5 is presented as a means to propel infrastructure, mining and resource development projects considered instrumental for economic development and safeguarding Canadian sovereignty.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
New college network aims to STEM tariff fallout
A newly launched network of Ontario community colleges is aiming to STEM tariff fallout and support economic development in the province’s mid-sized
regional centres.
