{"id":16389,"date":"2023-05-01T06:49:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-1-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T06:49:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:49:43","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-1-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-1-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 1, 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>With an increased supply of rental housing identified as a key factor is resolving the nation-wide housing crisis, how can Canada get these rentals built?; Ontario Line construction on busy stretch of Queen Street West begins today, rerouting streetcars and impacting traffic for an estimated 4 years; Doug Ford prepares to expand gas power plants in Ontario despite criticism over burning of fossil fuels and potential costs; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-how-canada-can-create-more-rental-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\">How Canada can create more rental housing<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/04\/30\/queen-streetcar-bus-routes-set-to-be-diverted-for-more-than-four-years-starting-tomorrow.html\" target=\"_blank\">Stop your engines: Four years of Queen streetcar diversions and traffic turmoil begin today<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-gas-plant-electricity-doug-ford-government-1.6820256\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Ford government wants new gas plants to boost Ontario&#8217;s electricity system<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-no-one-in-charge-seems-to-know-when-commuters-can-expect-to-start\/\" target=\"_blank\">No one in charge seems to know when commuters can expect to start riding the Crosstown<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9659671\/ford-government-conservation-authority-science-centre-land\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ford government to meet conservation authority over Science Centre lands<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/david-suzuki-foundation-petition-to-stop-highway-413-1.6826755\" target=\"_blank\">50,000 sign petition asking feds to block Ontario&#8217;s Highway 413 project<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-toronto-high-park-cars-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto city council to vote on permanent ban on cars in High Park<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/04\/30\/just-2100-properties-reported-empty-through-torontos-new-vacant-homes-tax.html\" target=\"_blank\">Just 2,100 properties reported empty through Toronto\u2019s new vacant homes tax<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9661421\/danforth-go-affordable-housing-metrolinx-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Danforth GO station: Toronto MPP questions lack of affordable housing in Metrolinx sale<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-electricity-ontario-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa\u2019s vision for electricity\u2019s future is about to clash with Ontario\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-mayoral-byelection-week-four-1.6826523\" target=\"_blank\">Housing now or housing never? Toronto mayoral candidates pitch plans to address crisis<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/2023\/05\/01\/ontarios-once-mighty-auto-industry-hit-rock-bottom-is-this-how-the-comeback-begins.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario\u2019s once-mighty auto industry hit rock bottom. Is this how the comeback begins?<\/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\/05\/news-roundup-may-1-2023.52268\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With an increased supply of rental housing identified as a key factor is resolving the nation-wide housing crisis, how can &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 1, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-1-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 1, 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-16389","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\/16389","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=16389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}