{"id":20572,"date":"2023-08-10T10:56:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T17:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-10-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T10:56:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T17:56:55","slug":"news-roundup-for-august-10-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-10-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for August 10, 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>A look at the auditor general&#8217;s 93-page report on Doug Ford&#8217;s controversial Greenbelt plans; Federal net-zero electricity regulations will permit some natural gas power generation, according to sources; five years after the plan was approved, construction begins on Toronto&#8217;s first &#8216;Housing Now&#8217; site in Etobicoke; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/doug-ford-s-greenbelt-plans-here-s-what-we-know-so-far-as-auditor-general\/article_cd106021-81db-58d3-8d89-f512237116c6.html\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Ford\u2019s Greenbelt plans: Here\u2019s what we know so far as auditor general files scathing report<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/canada-clean-electricity-regulations-release-1.6932332\" target=\"_blank\">Federal net-zero electricity regulations will permit some natural gas power generation: source<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/five-years-after-plan-approved-construction-begins-on-toronto-s-first-housing-now-site-in-etobicoke-1.6512718\" target=\"_blank\">Five years after plan approved, construction begins on Toronto&#8217;s first &#8216;Housing Now&#8217; site in Etobicoke<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/olivia-chow-has-picked-her-team-at-city-hall-sources-say-an-inside-look-at\/article_3186c8fe-c5b5-585f-bed5-1e9f4f3f7bd7.html\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Chow has picked her team at city hall, sources say. An inside look at which councillors are set to play key roles<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/greenbelt-doug-ford-whats-next-1.6931420\" target=\"_blank\">The Greenbelt and Doug Ford: What&#8217;s next?<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-more-housing-is-no-explanation-for-fords-attack-on-the-greenbelt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Opinion: More housing is no explanation for Ford\u2019s attack on the Greenbelt<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/swiftonomics-here-s-how-taylor-swift-s-toronto-concerts-will-impact-the-local-economy\/article_b93a0f74-5558-55bc-891a-9627a8ee6788.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Swiftonomics\u2019: Here\u2019s how Taylor Swift\u2019s Toronto concerts will impact the local economy<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/08\/09\/canadians-now-paying-two-carbon-taxes-while-majority-of-countries-are-without-national-one\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canadians now paying two carbon taxes while majority of countries are without national one<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/how-did-the-ontario-greenbelt-decision-get-made-here-s-the-timeline-1.6512473\" target=\"_blank\">How did the Ontario Greenbelt decision get made? Here&#8217;s the timeline<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/trans-mountain-expansion-indigenous-1.6931557\" target=\"_blank\">Federal government plans to sell stake in Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to Indigenous groups<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/08\/09\/restrictions-broadview-danforth-ttc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Restrictions at Broadview and Danforth begin Aug. 14 to replace streetcar tracks<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/what-to-do-in-toronto-this-weekend-aug-11-to-13\/article_b1a19024-9c59-57f1-aed9-c0e78ec57f2a.html\" target=\"_blank\">What to do in Toronto this weekend: Aug. 11 to 13<\/a> (The 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\/08\/news-roundup-august-10-2023.53531\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look at the auditor general&#8217;s 93-page report on Doug Ford&#8217;s controversial Greenbelt plans; Federal net-zero electricity regulations will permit &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for August 10, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-10-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for August 10, 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-20572","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\/20572","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=20572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}