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Few funds with Quebec's student housing promise

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Few funds with Quebec’s student housing promise

There are few funds or details to accompany the 2024 Quebec budget's promise to help post-secondary institutions secure affordable student housing in the private market.
Tax credit overhaul redirects Quebec revenue

Canadian Property Management

Tax credit overhaul redirects Quebec revenue

The Quebec government has cancelled a tax credit for employers in small and medium-sized businesses who have workers aged 60+ years on their payrolls, and cut back on relief measures for the IT sector.
Mission Unitaînés

Canadian Apartment Magazine

1,000 affordable housing units announced for Quebec

Canada and Quebec have joined forces with Mission Unitaînés to build 1,000 new social and affordable housing units for independent seniors.
lease transfer law quebec

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Quebec adopts new lease transfer bill

The new law in Quebec will allow landlords to reject a lease transfer for any reason, putting more power back in the hands of landlords.
Province push ahead on mass timber construction

Construction Business

Provinces push ahead on mass timber construction

British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec have jointly developed proposed code changes that would allow for taller mass timber buildings and more types of occupancy.
Quebec to bankroll in-demand construction trades

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Quebec bankrolls in-demand construction trades

The Quebec government pledges $260 million over two years to launch new training for specialized trades and increase the intake of apprentices in the heating, electrical and plumbing fields.
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Canadian Apartment Magazine

Canada and Quebec announce major housing agreement

Canada and Quebec have entered into an agreement through the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) that will result in the creation of thousands of housing units.
Quebec home inspectors get standardized rules

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Quebec home inspectors get standardized rules

Quebec is introducing standardized certification and skills upgrading requirements for home inspectors who conduct assessments related to sales transactions.
Waste biomass generation tapped for tax credit

Canadian Property Management

CRE awaits spinoffs of new provincial spending

Quebec and Ontario have announced investment incentives that could have implications for land deals and/or technologies and products that commercial real estate uses.
Quebec school maintenance budget gets top-up

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Quebec’s school maintenance budget gets top-up

The newly released Quebec budget also promises $100 million over five years to allow post-secondary institutions to lease extra classroom space in commercial buildings.
biodiversity

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Quebec universities unite on biodiversity pledge

Eleven Quebec universities have become founding members of an international movement that includes 117 universities worldwide.
Quebec keeps uncontested rent period in place

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Quebec leaves uncontested rent period in place

Quebec backs away from an amendment that would have shortened the current five-year period for uncontested rents in newly constructed rental housing.
gender pay gap

REMI Network

In Quebec, women face gender pay gap straight out of university

The average pay gap between women and men who have a similar career path and work full time stands at nine per cent the first year they finish their CEGEP or university education.
asbestos contractors

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Quebec updates rules for handling asbestos

Removal of drywall with asbestos compounds in the joint-filler has been reclassified from a low-risk to moderate-risk activity.
Quebec budget boosts climate action spending

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Quebec budget boosts climate action spending

The budget also includes $232.5 million over five years to help universities and colleges rent additional space and $43 million to underwrite an extra 1,600 subsidized units in private rental housing.
CDPQ flexes for green infrastructure allocations

Canadian Property Management

CDPQ flexes for green infrastructure allocations

The Quebec budget announces pending new investment rules to allow Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to increase allocations to infrastructure.
EV chargers

REMI Network

Québec will need eight times more public EV chargers by 2030

The International Council on Clean Transportation released a new study in February, finding that Quebec will need to significantly increase the amount of electric vehicle chargers to meet its 2030 zero-emissions vehicle target.