{"id":16532,"date":"2023-05-04T06:54:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-4-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T06:54:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:54:56","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-4-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-4-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 4, 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&#8217;s Ontario Place deal resembles another controversial case in Ontario, over two decades ago, when Highway 407 was privatized; Mississauga councillors pushing for expansion of Metrolinx&#8217;s Hazel McCallion Line LRT, seeking to add an additional loop that services Mississauga; with office vacancy remaining at high levels across the country, the state of commercial real estate could be a sign of what&#8217;s in store for the economy; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/contributors\/2023\/05\/04\/ontario-place-is-doug-fords-luxury-spa-deal-worse-that-mike-harriss-highway-407-debacle.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario Place: Is Doug Ford\u2019s luxury spa deal worse that Mike Harris\u2019s Highway 407 debacle?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/mississauga-new-lrt-line-to-finish-in-2024-but-council-wants-a-loop-1.6830905\" target=\"_blank\">Mississauga councillors push for LRT loop as Metrolinx says line will be ready by end of 2024<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9671226\/canada-office-covid-economy-risk-recession\/\" target=\"_blank\">Many Canadian offices are empty. It could be the economy\u2019s \u2018canary in the coal mine\u2019<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/04\/toronto-to-run-out-of-money-to-help-homeless-people-pay-market-rents-after-only-two-months-city-says.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto to run out of money to help homeless people pay market rents after only two months, city says<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/gta-housing-market-showing-signs-of-tightening-toronto-real-estate-board-1.6382423\" target=\"_blank\">GTA housing market showing signs of tightening: Toronto real estate board<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-first-home-buyer-incentive-toronto-vancouver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why a program for first-time home buyers fizzled in Toronto and Vancouver<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/03\/more-ttc-cuts-start-this-weekend-sparking-fears-of-a-ridership-death-spiral.html\" target=\"_blank\">More TTC cuts start this weekend, sparking fears of a ridership \u2018death spiral\u2019<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9670023\/ontario-cities-social-housing-software-2-6-million\/\" target=\"_blank\">How 8 Ontario cities have little to show for $2.6M social housing software<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/05\/03\/olivia-chow-scarborough-rt-buway-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayoral candidate Chow promises to fund Scarborough RT busway if province won&#8217;t<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/analysis\/2023\/05\/04\/the-problemswith-canada-and-ontarios-new-push-for-nuclear-energy.html\" target=\"_blank\">Canada and Ontario are turning to nuclear energy as a green solution. Here\u2019s the problem with that<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-ombudsman-report-landlord-tenant-board-investigation-1.6830181\" target=\"_blank\">Tenants, landlords agree Ontario&#8217;s rental tribunal is a mess. A new investigation looks at how to fix it<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-presto-system-now-accepting-debit-tap-payments-in-many-parts-of-gta\/\" target=\"_blank\">PRESTO system now accepting debit tap payments in many parts of GTA<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/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-4-2023.52332\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Ford&#8217;s Ontario Place deal resembles another controversial case in Ontario, over two decades ago, when Highway 407 was privatized; &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 4, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-4-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 4, 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-16532","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\/16532","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=16532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}