1.0constructconnect.comSharon Gough/%site_branch%/author/sharongoughrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MRMdUblbP4"><a href="/dcn/news/government/2023/08/new-toronto-planning-chair-perks-has-chows-back">New Toronto planning chair Perks has Chow’s back</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/dcn/news/government/2023/08/new-toronto-planning-chair-perks-has-chows-back/embed#?secret=MRMdUblbP4" width="600" height="338" title="“New Toronto planning chair Perks has Chow’s back” — constructconnect.com" data-secret="MRMdUblbP4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/08/Pg-3-DW-gord-perksMainWEB.jpg1024576The Ontario government’s multiple legislative efforts to get homes built more quickly may well have the opposite effect, says the new chair of Toronto’s planning and housing committee Coun. Gord Perks. Perks said in an interview that under Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, and other similar legislation, deadlines for planning decisions come […]