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CAF-FCA Launches Enhanced Program under Canadian Apprenticeship Service
The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF-FCA) and its partners – the Canadian Construction Association, Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board, Apprenticesearch.com, BuildForce Canada and SkillPlan — launched their Canadian Apprenticeship Service…
Canadian banks look to newcomers as key source of client growth
TORONTO — Canada is banking on newcomers to help keep the economy humming along, while banks themselves are eying the hundreds of thousands of people coming to the country every year as a key source of client growth.Those efforts have…
Hybrid Timber Floor System project receives Canadian grant funding
The Government of Canada has contributed over $550,000 to a study led by EllisDon and DIALOG.
CMHC reports annual rate of housing starts in August down from July
OTTAWA – Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in August slowed compared with July.The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in August was 267,443 units,…
B.C. Liberal leader says more supply is answer to housing affordability crisis
WHISTLER, B.C. – British Columbia's Liberal leader says more supply is the answer to the province's housing affordability crisis, while some local leaders also called for more immediate action.Opposition leader Kevin Falcon said…
The Bank of Canada’s own policy is the reason why inflation is so high
Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem speaks at a press conference in Ottawa in June 2022.
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Apostolos Serletis, University of CalgaryThe Bank of Canada has raised interest rates again in an…
Ontario’s Growth Plan is reducing housing affordability
A building under construction in Toronto. According to Canada’s national housing agency, Ontario needs to build 1.8 million new homes to alleviate the housing crisis.
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Frank Clayton, Toronto Metropolitan University…
Winners of Vancouver Affordable Housing Challenge announced
Buildner has announced the results of its Vancouver Affordable Housing Challenge. The competition is part of the organization's Affordable Housing series, in partnership with ARCHHIVE BOOKS, showcasing projects that invent new means for…
Canadian home sales edge down 1% between July and August
Home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems edged down a slight 1% between July and August 2022 according to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). While this was the sixth consecutive month-over-month decline in housing activity,…
CREA lowers expectations for home sales and price growth for 2022
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) is cutting its forecast for home sales this year and lowering its expectations for price growth as some of the country's hottest markets cool from their pandemic highs.In its latest…