{"id":20415,"date":"2023-08-05T22:44:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T05:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-4-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-08-05T22:44:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T05:44:08","slug":"news-roundup-for-august-4-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-4-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for August 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>Auditor general dug into Doug Ford&#8217;s controversial Greenbelt plan and we&#8217;re about to see what she has to report; Canada&#8217;s housing shortfall could widen by another 500,000 units if immigration continues at current pace; some Canadian business owners are sounding alarms over skyrocketing rents; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/auditor-general-dug-into-doug-ford-s-controversial-greenbelt-plan-we-re-about-to-see\/article_b121c515-331d-5b9c-9164-2a12aac10a10.html\" target=\"_blank\">Auditor general dug into Doug Ford\u2019s controversial Greenbelt plan. We\u2019re about to see what she has to report<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/08\/03\/scarborough-southwest-municipal-byelection\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada\u2019s housing shortfall could widen by another 500K units if immigration continues at current pace: report<\/a> (CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9875876\/canadian-business-owners-regulations-unsustainable-rent-increases\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018We were shocked:\u2019 Why Canadian business owners are sounding alarms over skyrocketing rent<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/looking-for-a-market-with-plenty-of-attractive-houses-for-sale-why-innisfil-is-becoming\/article_1b954b4d-be89-5011-87b3-85553faa7920.html\" target=\"_blank\">Looking for a market with plenty of attractive houses for sale? Why Innisfil is becoming a homebuyer\u2019s dream<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/church-temporary-emergency-shelter-asylum-seekers-toronto-1.6927489\" target=\"_blank\">Etobicoke church opens doors to provide shelter to asylum seekers<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ontario-government-needs-overarching-lens-on-60-billion-worth-of\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario government needs \u2018overarching lens\u2019 on $60-billion worth of school property, minister says<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/federal\/ford-is-sitting-on-a-surplus-local-liberal-mps-say-ontario-should-give-more-money\/article_3be11a8f-c49a-55db-b6fb-923202c1be56.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Ford is sitting on a surplus\u2019: Local Liberal MPs say Ontario should give more money to Toronto<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/editorials\/article-justin-trudeau-needs-to-make-housing-a-primary-federal-responsibility\/\" target=\"_blank\">Opinion: Justin Trudeau needs to make housing a primary federal responsibility<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/08\/03\/scarborough-southwest-municipal-byelection\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scarborough residents facing possible municipal byelection this fall<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/the-toronto-caribbean-carnival-is-this-weekend-here-are-the-road-closures-in-effect\/article_2b037874-fc65-521d-bf24-9dc33dc6a45b.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Toronto Caribbean Carnival is this weekend. Here are the road closures in effect<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/canada-s-housing-shortfall-could-widen-by-another-500k-units-if-immigration-continues-at-current-pace-report-1.6505627\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian wildfire emissions double previous record as flames rage on<\/a> (CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/statistics-canada-to-release-july-employment-figures-this-morning-1.6506561\" target=\"_blank\">Statistics Canada to release July employment figures this morning<\/a> (CP24)<\/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\/08\/news-roundup-august-4-2023.53474\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auditor general dug into Doug Ford&#8217;s controversial Greenbelt plan and we&#8217;re about to see what she has to report; Canada&#8217;s &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for August 4, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-4-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for August 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-20415","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\/20415","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=20415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}