AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoRental pressure in the Prairies: Regina bucked the national trend as rents rose about 12% over 13 months to an average of $1,471, driven by inter-provincial migration and a tight 2.7% vacancy rate. City planning friction: Orillia’s draft Official Plan update would shift some development lands into environmental protection, sparking pushback from developers. Housing delivery hurdles: Collingwood council declined to apply for a development-charge reduction program under the Canada-Ontario Partnership to Build, citing uncertainty around costs for a major wastewater project. Local infrastructure and risk: Vancouver is moving to build an inventory of buildings to rate earthquake risk, while Calgary police say hundreds of speeding tickets have already been issued in construction zones this year. First Nations water fight: Treaty leaders condemned Bill C-37 over closed-door development and lack of direct input, after the federal government framed it as a long-awaited safe-drinking-water framework. REIT updates: GO Residential and BTB Real Estate Investment Trusts reported trustee election results from their annual meetings.
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