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Richard Lyall retweeted
New piece! The End of Natural Population Growth Won’t End Canada's Housing Shortage
Deaths may soon outnumber births, but Canada is still on track to add millions of residents and millions more homes will be needed.
Read here: missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p…
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Richard Lyall retweeted
Jun 2
You’re up, @oliviachow.
Our government is taking action to reduce building costs and speed up the construction of new homes through the Development Charge Reduction Program: a new, shared program with the federal government that will deliver $8.8 billion in funding towards housing-enabling infrastructure projects for municipalities that cut development charges by 30% or more.
Along with the HST relief announced in Ontario’s 2026 budget, this program will help make homes across the province more affordable.
🔗news.ontario.ca/en/release/1…
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Richard Lyall retweeted
Jun 2
Yesterday in #Ottawa, alongside Minister @gregorrobertson, Minister @PBethlenfalvy, Mayor @_MarkSutcliffe and many other municipal and homebuilding partners, we announced the opening of the Development Charge Reduction Program. This federal-provincial program will fund up to $8.8 billion in housing-enabling infrastructure and save Ontarians tens of thousands of dollars on the cost of a new home. 🏡
Together, we’re kickstarting the housing sector and protecting the dream of homeownership. Together, we’re protecting over 100,000 jobs.
Together, we are taking action to Protect Ontario.
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Richard Lyall retweeted
May 22
TD Economics' new report contains stark warning about Canada’s "silent brain drain"
"The core challenge is not in attracting world-class talent, but in anchoring that talent within its borders to build, scale, and lead globally competitive firms at home. Absent progress on this front, Canada will continue to be a feeder system for the U.S. innovation economy"
According to TD, Canada's "demotivating personal taxes" and "labyrinthine business taxes" are big contributors to the problem
economics.td.com/ca-silent-b…
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Without deliberate, co-ordinated reform across all orders of government, affordability of #housing will not return to historical norms for at least another decade - if at all, @RESCONprez writes in a column in @TheTorontoSun at rescon.com/news/housing-cris….
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On The Brian Crombie Hour, @RESCONprez discussed the structural failures behind Canada’s #housing system and why housing prices have climbed to nearly eight times the average income. Listen at podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas….
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Our planning approvals process is still largely paper-driven, siloed and opaque and it is time for a #PropTech and #ConTech revolution here in Canada, @RESCONprez writes in a column in On-Site Magazine at on-sitemag.com/features/time….
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Richard Lyall retweeted
Apr 25
We had a great conversation with @RESCONprez
Apr 25
Construction Is Breaking the Market Why Builders Are Walking Away From Projects x.com/i/broadcasts/1DxleEoev…
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The impact of the decline in home building extends well beyond the residential #construction industry, @RESCONprez writes in Canadian Forest Industries magazine at woodbusiness.ca/declines-in-….
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Richard Lyall retweeted
Seven in ten non-homeowners still want to own a home. But confidence is slipping.
Our latest poll with the Canadian Home Builders’ Association shows a growing belief the housing system isn’t working and no clear plan is in place.
More: abacusdata.ca/a-housing-syst…
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Richard Lyall retweeted
And if we look at who is moving, it's disproportionately young people.
Big cities have become places young people move from, rather than move to.
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Richard Lyall retweeted
Apr 23
Canadian entrepreneurship in 'sharp decline,' warns think tank
The report notes that the average Canadian business owner loses 32 working days a year to red tape
Article: nationalpost.com/news/canada…
Source: iedm.org/policy-choices-and-…
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Apr 24
A building permit application should take 10 seconds to get a yes or no answer. If no, it should tell you what is needed to get to yes. It should not take months and months. instagram.com/reel/DVrItxBDI…
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While fed and provincial leaders are working to reduce costs and encourage building, municipal policies are often pulling in the opposite direction, @RESCONprez writes in a column in @TheTorontoSun at torontosun.com/life/homes/re….
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Richard Lyall retweeted
Apr 7
A recent poll shows that only 29% of non-homeowners are confident they will ever be able to buy a home. That is unacceptable. Our government is working tirelessly to make homeownership more attainable by easing financial pressures, streamlining planning processes, and creating the right conditions for builders and municipalities to deliver more homes and housing-enabling infrastructure across the province. We will continue taking decisive action to help prospective homebuyers move off the sidelines and into the market faster.
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Steps taken recently by the Ontario and federal governments will help boost the residential #construction sector and make homes more affordable, @RESCONprez writes in a column in @storeyspub at storeys.com/government-impos….
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Richard Lyall retweeted
RESIDENTIAL REPORT: Stalled builds threaten jobs in Ontario’s housing sector. @RESCONprez highlights a @CANCEA_CA report that paints a sobering picture of what lies ahead if housing activity continues to decline.
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A three-year sales tax holiday on new homes, combined with serious reform of development charges, would help restart the #housing engine, @RESCONprez argues in a column in @DCN_Canada at canada.constructconnect.com/….
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What will it take to restart the housing industry? @RESCONprez discussed the issue with @JohnPasalis on The Move Smartly Show. Watch at youtube.com/watch?v=fDsGfqq8….
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RESCON is urging Queen’s Park to implement a three-year #HST holiday for buyers of all new homes up to $1.3 million. Read column by @RESCONprez in @TheTorontoSun at torontosun.com/life/homes/re….
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