Victoria Gibson

3 weeks ago | thespec.com | Victoria Gibson

The Ontario government is proposing to loosen the rules of its blue box program, offering more leeway to waste producers to hit their recycling targets, scrapping expansion plans and allowing more materials to be burned instead — moves critics say would represent a “significant step backwards.” The proposed changes, posted quietly to the Environmental Registry of Ontario this week, would give waste producers until 2031 to hit their recovery targets for recyclable materials such as paper,...

1 month ago | thespec.com | Victoria Gibson

Ontario rejected the City of Toronto’s proposed affordable housing requirements on dozens of specific properties after at least three real estate investment trusts asked them to do so, the Star has learned — with two trusts suggesting the quotas could result in no housing development at all. City hall in 2023 agreed to convert nearly 70 parcels of former employment lands across Toronto to allow for housing development, so long as a certain percentage of new units were set aside for lower costs.

1 month ago | wellandtribune.ca | Victoria Gibson

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1 month ago | therecord.com | Victoria Gibson

Ontario rejected the City of Toronto’s proposed affordable housing requirements on dozens of specific properties after at least three real estate investment trusts asked them to do so, the Star has learned — with two trusts suggesting the quotas could result in no housing development at all. City hall in 2023 agreed to convert nearly 70 parcels of former employment lands across Toronto to allow for housing development, so long as a certain percentage of new units were set aside for lower costs.

1 month ago | thespec.com | Josh Rubin |Victoria Gibson

With just days until Canada Post workers could be back on the picket lines, a key report says the Crown corporation is effectively insolvent, and should be allowed to close more rural post offices, open more community mailboxes, and offer weekend parcel delivery with part-time workers. The report also recommends that door-to-door letter delivery be phased out, with daily delivery maintained for businesses.