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Ontario Introduces the More Homes for Everyone Act
Yesterday, Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Steve Clark, introduced the More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022, an omnibus bill focused on improving housing accessibility and affordability by aiming to increase and accelerate Ontario’s housing supply.
Ontario Takes Steps to Move Past the Pandemic
In the last few weeks, the provincial government has announced new initiatives that will most likely form part of their platform heading into the provincial election on June 2nd. Just yesterday, the government released two new initiatives and we have captured the key points below.
Interprovincial Planning for SMR Deployment in Canada
Earlier this afternoon, four energy Ministers representing Ontario (Minister Todd Smith), New Brunswick (Minister Mike Holland), Saskatchewan (Minister Dan Morgan), and Alberta (Minister Sonya Savage) held a press conference in Regina to release their Strategic Plan for the Deployment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).
5 Key Takeaways from Sussex’s Election Webinar
On March 3rd Sussex hosted a pre-election webinar where Greg Lyle, Founder and President of Innovation Research Group, and Sabrina Nanji, Founder of Queen’s Park Observer, spoke on the latest polling data and provided valuable insights around what to expect this election season. To keep the conversation going, we wanted to recap five valuable takeaways from this pre-election webinar that Ontarians should be mindful of as election season quickly approaches.
Federal Government Launches Clean Electricity Standard Consultation
Today, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault launched a consultation to inform the development of Canada’s Clean Electricity Standard (CES). The goal is to drive progress towards a net-zero electricity grid by 2035.
Ontario: With Election 100 Days Away, Significant Policy Issues Still To Be Addressed
At 100 days away (as of Feb. 22), Ontario’s upcoming provincial election scheduled for June 2nd may seem distant to some. In other years, perhaps, it may well have been. But this provincial election, being Ontario’s first to take place in the wake of a pandemic, will be different.