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OCOT and labour reforms urgent, Tory MPP says

Daily Commercial News (Don Wall) /November 7 – The parliamentary assistant to Ontario’s Minister of Labour Laurie Scott said recently the Doug Ford government did not shirk in consultations with stakeholders before it announced Bill 47 on Oct. 23, which will simplify trades apprenticeship ratios and see the Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) folded by […]

GOOD NEWS, NO INCREASE IN SIMCOE COUNTY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CHARGES

Your Board of Directors has been working since the spring 2018 in association with our colleagues at BILD Simcoe Chapter on the proposed increase of the Simcoe County Education Development Charges (EDC).  As initially presented the proposed new charge of $5,050 per residential unit represents a 187% increase over the current charge of $1,759.  The […]

New condo prices soar, single-family home prices fall in September

   New condo prices soar, single-family home prices fall in September Toronto Star (Tess Kalinowski)/October 24 – The price of a new construction single-family home fell 7.1 per cent — about $85,000 — year over year in September to $1.1 million on average. Condo prices, meanwhile, have continued to climb — up 19.4 per cent […]