{"id":34938,"date":"2026-04-05T17:23:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-1-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T17:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:23:29","slug":"news-roundup-for-april-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for April 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">A look at whether Carney and Ford\u2019s plan to cut development charges will boost housing construction; TTC has higher costs and fewer riders than in 2019, but winning them back won&#8217;t fix financial woes, staff warn; adviser warned Ontario to dig \u2018deeper\u2019 on Therme finances days before signing lease; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/will-carney-and-fords-plan-to-cut-development-charges-boost-housing-construction-star-readers-weigh-in\/article_fd233256-79e3-4f3f-bb00-49b038b78b85.html\" target=\"_blank\">Will Carney and Ford\u2019s plan to cut development charges boost housing construction? Star readers weigh in<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ttc-less-riders-higher-costs-pre-pandemic-9.7149119\" target=\"_blank\">TTC has higher costs and fewer riders than in 2019. Winning them back won&#8217;t fix financial woes, staff warn<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11753811\/ontario-place-therme-lease-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adviser warned Ontario to dig \u2018deeper\u2019 on Therme finances days before signing lease<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/federal\/pierre-poilievre-says-he-would-cancel-high-speed-rail-line-between-toronto-and-quebec-city\/article_5d50be78-dd95-4afc-89d5-88e2495b8c6d.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pierre Poilievre says he would cancel high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11754016\/metrolinx-vice-presidents-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\">Number of VPs at Metrolinx grows again, some consultants come on board permanently<\/a> (Global News)<\/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');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2026\/04\/news-roundup-april-1-2026.60694\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A look at whether Carney and Ford\u2019s plan to cut development charges will boost housing construction; TTC has higher &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for April 1, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-1-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for April 1, 2026\">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-34938","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\/34938","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=34938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}