Government Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:38:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png Government Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 ‘You better pray we get elected’: Doug Ford says he will call snap Ontario election /dcn/news/government/2025/01/ontario-premier-doug-ford-plans-to-call-snap-election-next-week-sources /dcn/news/government/2025/01/ontario-premier-doug-ford-plans-to-call-snap-election-next-week-sources#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:27:32 +0000 /?p=427976 TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election Wednesday, seeking an even larger majority than his current government holds and using the threat of 25 per cent tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump as a justification. That election call would send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27, more than a […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/ontario-premier-doug-ford-plans-to-call-snap-election-next-week-sources/feed 0 Vancouver mayor plans freeze on new supportive housing in Downtown Eastside /joc/news/government/2025/01/vancouver-mayor-plans-freeze-on-new-supportive-housing-in-downtown-eastside /joc/news/government/2025/01/vancouver-mayor-plans-freeze-on-new-supportive-housing-in-downtown-eastside#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:52:03 +0000 /?p=427964 VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has unveiled a plan to revitalize the city’s troubled Downtown Eastside that includes pausing the construction of net new supportive housing units.  He said he wants to integrate the neighbourhood into the rest of the city and “break the cycle of hyper-concentrated social services,” while cracking down on gang […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2025/01/vancouver-mayor-plans-freeze-on-new-supportive-housing-in-downtown-eastside/feed 0 Field of Liberal leadership contenders nearly set as deadline day arrives /dcn/news/government/2025/01/field-of-liberal-leadership-contenders-nearly-set-as-deadline-day-arrives /dcn/news/government/2025/01/field-of-liberal-leadership-contenders-nearly-set-as-deadline-day-arrives#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:20:02 +0000 /?p=427649 OTTAWA — The federal Liberal caucus is meeting today and tomorrow on Parliament Hill as the party searches for its next leader. Candidates who want to run to replace Justin Trudeau as party leader are almost out of time to confirm their bids. Leadership hopefuls face a 5 p.m. deadline to declare they will run […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/field-of-liberal-leadership-contenders-nearly-set-as-deadline-day-arrives/feed 0 Canada leaning toward matching tariffs on U.S. — but not all premiers agree /dcn/news/government/2025/01/canada-leaning-toward-matching-tariffs-on-u-s-but-not-all-premiers-agree /dcn/news/government/2025/01/canada-leaning-toward-matching-tariffs-on-u-s-but-not-all-premiers-agree#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:07:19 +0000 /?p=427644 OTTAWA — Canada appears to be leaning toward hitting the United States with matching tariffs if President Donald Trump makes good on his threats, but not all of the country’s premiers support that approach. The premiers met virtually with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other federal officials on Wednesday morning to talk about Trump’s early […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/canada-leaning-toward-matching-tariffs-on-u-s-but-not-all-premiers-agree/feed 0 Contractors, police at odds in Newfoundland as search for ‘backhoe bandits’ continues /dcn/news/government/2025/01/contractors-police-at-odds-in-newfoundland-as-search-for-backhoe-bandits-continues /dcn/news/government/2025/01/contractors-police-at-odds-in-newfoundland-as-search-for-backhoe-bandits-continues#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:20:51 +0000 /?p=427452 ST. JOHN’S — As the hunt for Newfoundland’s so-called “backhoe bandits” continues, some contractors are taking umbrage at calls from officials to better secure heavy equipment on jobsites. Robert Crowley said someone stole a $400,000 front-end loader from his construction site and used it to smash into a nearby bank in Holyrood, N.L., last month. […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/contractors-police-at-odds-in-newfoundland-as-search-for-backhoe-bandits-continues/feed 0 Alberta government offers blueprint to help businesses support workers in recovery /joc/news/government/2025/01/alberta-government-offers-blueprint-to-help-businesses-support-workers-in-recovery /joc/news/government/2025/01/alberta-government-offers-blueprint-to-help-businesses-support-workers-in-recovery#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:55:46 +0000 /?p=427343 CALGARY — The Alberta government is offering businesses a new guide to help workers dealing with addiction.  “We know that somewhere around 10 per cent of employees, employed in Alberta, have struggled with substance use in the past in problematic ways and are now in recovery,” Dan Williams, Alberta’s minister of mental health and addiction, […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2025/01/alberta-government-offers-blueprint-to-help-businesses-support-workers-in-recovery/feed 0 Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: The capital gains inclusion rate deserves its day in Parliament /dcn/news/government/2025/01/industry-perspectives-op-ed-the-capital-gains-inclusion-rate-deserves-its-day-in-parliament /dcn/news/government/2025/01/industry-perspectives-op-ed-the-capital-gains-inclusion-rate-deserves-its-day-in-parliament#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:15:38 +0000 /?p=427130 While the news cycle in 2025 has largely been focused (rightfully) on the Liberal leadership race and the inauguration of President Donald Trump, there is another issue that still warrants significant discussion: the detrimental impact of the proposed changes to the capital gains inclusion rate. The prorogation of Parliament meant any legislation in front of […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/industry-perspectives-op-ed-the-capital-gains-inclusion-rate-deserves-its-day-in-parliament/feed 0 Liberal leadership hopefuls distance themselves from carbon pricing /dcn/news/government/2025/01/liberal-leadership-hopefuls-distance-themselves-from-carbon-pricing /dcn/news/government/2025/01/liberal-leadership-hopefuls-distance-themselves-from-carbon-pricing#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:05:10 +0000 /?p=427124 OTTAWA — The three frontrunners in the Liberal leadership race have all backed away — to one degree or another — from the Liberal government’s keystone climate policy in a bid to take a major Conservative line of attack off the table. The Liberals first campaigned on a carbon price in 2008 and moved to […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/liberal-leadership-hopefuls-distance-themselves-from-carbon-pricing/feed 0 Jasper says housing plan promised by Alberta government after wildfire falls short /joc/news/government/2025/01/jasper-says-housing-plan-promised-by-alberta-government-after-wildfire-falls-short /joc/news/government/2025/01/jasper-says-housing-plan-promised-by-alberta-government-after-wildfire-falls-short#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:00:26 +0000 /?p=427120 JASPER, ALTA. — The Municipality of Jasper says the Alberta government’s $112-million interim housing plan would bring less than half the units promised months ago. The province announced in October that it planned to build 250 housing units in the Rocky Mountain tourist town for those displaced by the summer wildfire, which destroyed more than […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2025/01/jasper-says-housing-plan-promised-by-alberta-government-after-wildfire-falls-short/feed 0 Trudeau says ‘everything is on the table’ for response to Trump tariffs /dcn/news/government/2025/01/trudeau-says-everything-is-on-the-table-for-response-to-trump-tariffs /dcn/news/government/2025/01/trudeau-says-everything-is-on-the-table-for-response-to-trump-tariffs#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:52:16 +0000 /?p=427061 MONTEBELLO, QUE. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that if President Donald Trump wants to usher in a “golden age” for the United States, he’ll need the energy, critical minerals and resources that Canada is ready to provide. “We are there to be constructive partners,” Trudeau said in his first public comments since Trump […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/trudeau-says-everything-is-on-the-table-for-response-to-trump-tariffs/feed 0 B.C. premier should work with U.S., not ramp up trade threats: Opposition leader /joc/news/government/2025/01/b-c-premier-should-work-with-u-s-not-ramp-up-trade-threats-opposition-leader /joc/news/government/2025/01/b-c-premier-should-work-with-u-s-not-ramp-up-trade-threats-opposition-leader#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:19:08 +0000 /?p=427022 VICTORIA — The leader of B.C.’s Opposition Conservative Party says Premier David Eby is putting people in the province at risk by “threatening a trade war” with the United States rather than working with the Americans. In a video posted on social media, John Rustad says everything possible needs to be done to stop drugs […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2025/01/b-c-premier-should-work-with-u-s-not-ramp-up-trade-threats-opposition-leader/feed 0 Unmarked graves: Supreme Court won’t hear Mohawk Mothers appeal over McGill expansion /dcn/news/government/2025/01/unmarked-graves-supreme-court-wont-hear-mohawk-mothers-appeal-over-mcgill-expansion /dcn/news/government/2025/01/unmarked-graves-supreme-court-wont-hear-mohawk-mothers-appeal-over-mcgill-expansion#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:15:25 +0000 /?p=425859 OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from Indigenous elders who were seeking greater oversight over a university construction site in Montreal where they suspect unmarked graves of children are located. An application for leave to appeal was dismissed by the country’s highest court, which gave no reason for […]

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