{"id":13339,"date":"2023-02-20T02:36:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T10:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-16-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T02:36:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T10:36:32","slug":"news-roundup-for-february-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-16-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for February 16, 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>Doug Ford hints that another amalgamation could be a possibility in the GTA&#8217;s future, bringing together Brampton, Mississauga, and Caledon under the title of the City of Peel; Urbanation and Rentals.ca report that rental prices in January were a margin of 10.7% higher than this time last year; Toronto City Council passes the 2023 city budget with all amendments approved by Tory ahead of his resignation as Mayor; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/local-brampton\/news\/council\/2023\/02\/15\/premier-doug-ford-isn-t-ruling-out-possibility-of-amalgamating-brampton-mississauga-and-caledon-into-city-of-peel.html\" target=\"_blank\">Premier Doug Ford isn&#8217;t ruling out possibility of amalgamating Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon into \u2018City of Peel\u2019<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/average-rent-in-canada-up-10-7-since-last-year-report-1.6275500\" target=\"_blank\">Average rent in Canada up 10.7% since last year: report<\/a>\u00a0(CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/toronto-passes-2023-budget-tory-will-not-use-veto-1.6274815\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto passes 2023 budget; Tory will not use veto<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/02\/15\/toronto-builder-albion-building-consultant-has-license-to-build-and-sell-homes-revoked.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto builder Albion Building Consultant has license to build and sell homes revoked<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9486354\/inflation-canada-wildcards\/\" target=\"_blank\">These economic \u2018wildcards\u2019 might keep inflation higher for longer<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/02\/15\/redrawing-ontarios-election-boundaries-don-valley-east\/\" target=\"_blank\">Proposed redrawing of Ontario&#8217;s election boundaries will eliminate Don Valley East riding<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/gta-toronto-real-estate.html\" target=\"_blank\">Home prices in the GTA: How has the cost of housing changed in your neighbourhood?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/title-fraud-home-sales-warning-1.6749695\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario regulator warns real estate agents to watch for signs of fraudulent home sales<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/02\/16\/home-buyers-are-buzzing-again-but-where-are-the-actual-sales.html\" target=\"_blank\">Home buyers are buzzing again. But where are the actual sales?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9488275\/canada-housing-sales-starts-january\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interest rates chill Canada\u2019s housing market in January as sales hit 14-year low<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/editorials\/article-canada-isnt-broken-but-canadians-are-at-the-breaking-point\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada isn\u2019t broken, but Canadians are at the breaking point<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2023\/02\/16\/farewell-john-tory-youve-been-a-good-mayor.html\" target=\"_blank\">Farewell John Tory: You\u2019ve been a good mayor<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9489222\/ontario-resilient-enough-possible-recession-finance-minister\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario resilient enough to weather possible recession, finance minister says<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/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-16-2023.51356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Ford hints that another amalgamation could be a possibility in the GTA&#8217;s future, bringing together Brampton, Mississauga, and Caledon &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for February 16, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-16-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for February 16, 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-13339","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\/13339","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=13339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}