{"id":20652,"date":"2023-08-12T11:03:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T18:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-11-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T11:03:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T18:03:55","slug":"news-roundup-for-august-11-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-11-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for August 11, 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>Ontario does not need to build on the Greenbelt to ease the housing crisis, say some experts; building permits are one more sign of the vanishing single-family home in Canada; TTC riders can pay with debit and credit card starting August 15; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/does-ontario-need-to-build-on-the-greenbelt-to-ease-the-housing-crisis-not-so\/article_3cce251a-2481-500e-be91-0c6d62f125a9.html\" target=\"_blank\">Does Ontario need to build on the Greenbelt to ease the housing crisis? Not so fast, say some experts<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-single-family-home-building-permits-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\">Building permits one more sign of the vanishing single-family home in Canada<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ttc-toronto-debit-credit\/\" target=\"_blank\">TTC riders can pay with debit, credit starting August 15<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/federal\/ford-government-prairie-premiers-slam-ottawa-s-irresponsible-new-rules-for-gas-powered-electricity-generation\/article_cd80fe34-f1a3-54c2-a7ac-0980995cff8f.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ford government, Prairie premiers slam Ottawa\u2019s \u2018irresponsible\u2019 new rules for gas-powered electricity generation<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/greenbelt-stop-ford-ontario-1.6933082\" target=\"_blank\">Can anyone stop Ontario&#8217;s Greenbelt land swap from going ahead? Here&#8217;s what we know<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/doug-ford-going-on-the-offensive-amid-greenbelt-land-swap-firestorm\/article_fa5ee835-8ca6-5891-870b-1f41f95587bf.html\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Ford going on the offensive amid Greenbelt land swap firestorm<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thebigstorypodcast.ca\/2023\/08\/11\/ontarios-massive-greenbelt-scandal-explained-in-full\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario&#8217;s massive greenbelt scandal, explained in full<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/metrolinx-opening-eglinton-crosstown-1.6933233\" target=\"_blank\">When will the Eglinton Crosstown LRT open? Metrolinx to give possible dates by end of summer<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-doug-ford-staffer-greenbelt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Ford requests review of staffer\u2019s conduct after Greenbelt report<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science\/pace-home-energy-loans-1.6928216\" target=\"_blank\">More cities offering loans to cover upfront cost of heat pumps, solar<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/08\/11\/toronto-weekend-events-taste-of-danforth-blue-jays-national-bank-open\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need to know: Return of Taste of the Danforth, Jays vs. Cubs, National Bank Open<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/five-take-aways-from-olivia-chow-s-council-appointments\/article_bcb0af16-43d6-5684-a388-051d3b52c558.html\" target=\"_blank\">Five take-aways from Olivia Chow\u2019s council appointments<\/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-11-2023.53539\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario does not need to build on the Greenbelt to ease the housing crisis, say some experts; building permits are &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for August 11, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-11-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for August 11, 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-20652","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\/20652","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=20652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}