by Angela Trewartha | Apr 12, 2024 | Housing, Infrastructure, Top Stories
April 12, 2024 Today the federal government announced Canada’s Housing Plan, outlining a number of new programs and initiatives to address the housing crisis happening across the country. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, and...
by Angela Trewartha | Apr 10, 2024 | Housing, Infrastructure, Top Stories
April 10, 2024 The province’s announcement today of the Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024, includes several initiatives that will cut red tape and speed up government processes that will, in turn, speed up the build of 1.5 million new homes in Ontario by...
by Angela Trewartha | Mar 28, 2024 | Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories
March 28, 2024 Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) welcomes today’s announcement from the province of a new deal for our caucus member the City of Ottawa. This funding will make a significant impact as it supports the city on not only large scale capital projects...
by Angela Trewartha | Mar 27, 2024 | Housing, Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories
March 27, 2024 Yesterday Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy released the 2024 Ontario Budget: Building a Better Ontario. OBCM has been advocating to the provincial government on our key priorities for this year’s Budget: Housing and Housing-Enabling...
by Angela Trewartha | Mar 21, 2024 | In the News
Ontario is investing more funding for housing- and community-enabling infrastructure, something Premier Doug Ford says will help municipalities get shovels in the ground to build more...