Politics·1h ago
Ford, Carney governments offer no guarantees on home building despite multi-billion dollar boost
Instead, Flack said the government is looking to immediately “protect up to 100,000 jobs” in the home building sector at risk because of low construction. The joint $8.8 billion development charge policy, along with the HST rebate, would knock $200,000 off the price of a home, the governments said – a move the industry said would kick-start home construction. “I’m not looking for a large increase over the next two months, but I think this Spring season will get it started, and I think you’re going to see some really good results,” Flack said.
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Local·3h ago
Summer air quality alerts will become routine in U.S. without action: UWaterloo study
The study, which homes in on the United States, suggests one in three Americans could be breathing summer air considered unhealthy for sensitive groups by 2100, a seven-fold increase compared to the turn of this century. People 65 and older, compared to other age groups, shoulder the bulk of the health burden linked to poor air quality, the study suggests. A new study out of the University of Waterloo is underlining how North American air quality could deteriorate by the end of the century unless efforts are taken to fight climate change.
CityNews Toronto
National·3h ago
Ottawa extending 2% alcohol tax hike cap for another 2 years
Excise taxes on booze had faced annual increases pegged to inflation on April 1 each year, but the Liberal government has temporarily capped those hikes at two per cent since 2023. This was supposed to be final year for that cap, but a government official who was not authorized to speak about the announcement before it’s made public told The Canadian Press that Ottawa is set to renew the cap through to. OTTAWA — The federal government is set to extend its cap on an annual alcohol tax increase for another two years in a bid to rein in costs facing Canada’s brewers, wineries and distilleries.
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