{"id":12694,"date":"2023-02-05T01:50:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T09:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-3-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-02-05T01:50:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T09:50:56","slug":"news-roundup-for-february-3-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-3-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for February 3, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p>Toronto Region Board of Trade CEO condemns recommendation to impose tax on parking, as Tory seeks report from City Staff on new City revenue streams; with removal of Osgoode Hall trees slated to begin as early as Saturday, Law Society of Ontario is seeking an injunction; latest TRREB report saw home sales decline continue, reporting a 44.6% drop year over year.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/02\/02\/parking-levy-among-new-taxes-city-staff-asked-to-consider-to-shore-up-finances.html\" target=\"_blank\">Business group condemns parking tax as way to fill Toronto\u2019s funding shortfall<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/osgoode-hall-metrolinx-trees-law-society-injunction-1.6735666\" target=\"_blank\">Law society will seek injunction to stop Metrolinx from cutting down trees at historic Osgoode Hall<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/02\/03\/home-sales-toronto-january\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto home sales down 44.6% year over year in January<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2023\/02\/02\/ontarios-new-gas-plants-will-cost-more-than-wind-and-solar-report-says-so-why-are-we-building-them.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario\u2019s new gas plants will cost more than wind and solar, report says. So why are we building them?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/water-main-break-queen-street-west-strachan-avenue-1.6735557\" target=\"_blank\">6 buildings evacuated after water main break leaves road flooded in west end<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9445818\/toronto-housing-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Housing crisis: Harsh reality of those navigating Toronto\u2019s shelter system, on brink of homelessness<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/02\/03\/gta-average-home-prices-plunge-a-record-164-per-cent-in-january.html\" target=\"_blank\">GTA average home prices plunge at rate not seen since the 1990s<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/commentary\/article-canada-clean-tech-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada\u2019s cleantech economy suffering from too many recommendations, not enough action<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9455423\/toronto-hydro-power-outage-scarborough\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Hydro says all power restored in Scarborough after \u2018large\u2019 outage reported<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/how-much-rent-can-you-afford-1.6258411\" target=\"_blank\">How much rent can you afford?<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/02\/03\/the-homeowner-horror-story-my-mortgage-is-up-for-renewal.html\" target=\"_blank\">The homeowner horror story: \u2018My mortgage is up for renewal.\u2019<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2023\/02\/news-roundup-february-3-2023.51174\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Region Board of Trade CEO condemns recommendation to impose tax on parking, as Tory seeks report from City Staff &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for February 3, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-3-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for February 3, 2023\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1088],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-toronto","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}