{"id":21503,"date":"2023-09-02T23:54:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T06:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-september-1-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T23:54:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T06:54:25","slug":"news-roundup-for-september-1-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-september-1-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for September 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>How lobbying loopholes allowed developers&#8217; Greenbelt meetings to be kept off books; Artscape secures short-term funding through September after entering receivership; Canada&#8217;s economy contracted during second quarter, says StatsCan; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/how-lobbying-loopholes-allowed-developers-greenbelt-meetings-to-be-kept-off-books\/article_c7a85eff-9278-59b9-b3df-0a3a1a649673.html\" target=\"_blank\">How lobbying \u2018loopholes\u2019 allowed developers\u2019 Greenbelt meetings to be kept off books<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-artscape-tells-tenants-it-secured-funding-through-september-after\/\" target=\"_blank\">Artscape tells tenants it secured funding through September after entering receivership<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/gdp-second-quarter-2023-1.6954239\" target=\"_blank\">Canada&#8217;s economy contracted during 2nd quarter, StatsCan says<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/steve-clark-says-i-m-sorry-for-poor-oversight-in-greenbelt-deals-and-vows-to\/article_1cd050d5-7c73-510e-80fb-7f884fd996a8.html\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Clark says \u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019 for poor oversight in Greenbelt deals and vows to stay on<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-whats-happening-labour-day-weekend-1.6952495\" target=\"_blank\">Buskers, barks and bands: What&#8217;s happening in Toronto this Labour Day<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-five-million-bees-fall-off-truck-drivers-told-to-keep-windows-closed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Five million bees fall off truck, drivers warned to keep windows closed<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/busy-toronto-intersection-to-get-a-dutch-inspired-makeover-that-will-improve-road-safety-here\/article_9e440ad1-e2a8-5d4b-b644-4f10d95d3127.html\" target=\"_blank\">Busy Toronto intersection to get a Dutch-inspired makeover for road safety<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/08\/31\/north-york-church-closing-its-doors-to-refugees\/\" target=\"_blank\">North York church forced to close its doors to refugees<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/who-is-mr-x-what-we-know-about-unregistered-lobbyist-and-his-role-in-greenbelt-land-swap-1.6543910\" target=\"_blank\">Who is &#8216;Mr. X&#8217;?: Role in Greenbelt land swap<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/doug-ford-s-greenbelt-plans-here-s-everything-we-know-so-far\/article_4fd6d99a-41b4-5052-b10a-4b800654b38b.html\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Ford\u2019s Greenbelt plans: Here\u2019s everything we know so far<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/greenbelt-controversy-ford-government-1.6953746\" target=\"_blank\">Greenbelt controversy putting pressure on Ford government<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/what-happens-when-you-give-50-people-experiencing-homelessness-7-500-each-a-b-c-study-found-out-1.6544083\" target=\"_blank\">B.C. study reveals impact of giving $7,500 each to people experiencing homelessness<\/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\/09\/news-roundup-september-1-2023.53754\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How lobbying loopholes allowed developers&#8217; 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