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Politics Briefing: Ontario’s Housing Minister violated ethics rules in Greenbelt land swap, commissioner says
First Nations leaders from across Ontario are calling for Housing Minister Steve Clark's resignation or removal over his handling of changes to protected Greenbelt land. Ontario Premier Doug Ford listens as Clark speaks during a press conference in Mississauga, Ont., Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Ford stands by Ontario Housing Minister after integrity commissioner finds he violated ethics rules in Greenbelt land swap
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is looking to return land to the Greenbelt that a developer recently sold. Ontario’s minister of housing Steve Clark listens as Ford speaks during a press conference in Mississauga, Ont., Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Ontario Housing Minister’s chief of staff resigns after critical report on Greenbelt land deals
Ontario Premier Doug Ford listens as Ontario’s minister of housing Steve Clark speaks during a press conference in Mississauga, Ont., Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Ontario chiefs call for housing minister to resign, add to calls for Greenbelt probe
First Nations leaders from across Ontario are calling for Housing Minister Steve Clark's resignation or removal over his handling of changes to protected Greenbelt land. Ontario Premier Doug Ford listens as Clark speaks during a press conference in Mississauga, Ont., Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Ford says he won't back away from Greenbelt plan
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Morning Update: Ford’s Ontario government favoured developers with Greenbelt plan, Auditor-General’s report says
Ontario Premier Doug Ford (left), and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark (right), speak to the media during a press conference following the release of the Auditor General’s Special Report on Changes to the Greenbelt, at Queens Park, in Toronto, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
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Ontario caps 2024 rent increases at 2.5 per cent for units occupied before November, 2018
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark speaks in Ontario legislature in Toronto on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Most Ontario landlords will be able to increase rent by up to 2.5 per cent next year. Clark says the rent increase guideline for 2024 is set at the same rate as for this year, and he notes that it is below the average inflation rate of 5.9 per cent. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario government abandons proposal to sever farmland lots in response to opposition
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark speaks in the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Thursday May 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario to launch audits of six municipalities’ housing finances
Steve Clark, Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, speaks to journalists at the Queens Park Legislature, in Toronto on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario to beef up tenant protections against ‘renovictions’, housing minister says
A rental sign is seen outside a building in Ottawa, Thursday, April 30, 2020. A new report says the average listed rent for all property types in Canada jumped by 10.7 per cent year-over-year in January, the ninth straight month for double-digit increases.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Board of health calls for Ontario to upgrade to building code ventilation standards
Steve Clark, Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, speaks to journalists at the Queens Park Legislature, in Toronto on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. An Ontario board of health is asking the province to amend the building code to mandate higher standards for ventilation, in light of the spread of COVID-19. THE  CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Environmental group taking province’s override of Hamilton development plan to court
Steve Clark, Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, speaks to journalists at the Queens Park Legislature, in Toronto on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. Ontario passed a housing bill Monday intended to spur development but that critics say will lead to higher property taxes, weaken conservation authority powers, and not actually make homes more affordable.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario Housing Minister denies claims that he tipped off developers about Greenbelt changes
Steve Clark, Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, speaks to journalists at the Queens Park Legislature, in Toronto on Wednesday, November 16, 2022.Clark offered an emphatic denial today that he tipped off developers ahead of announcing changes to the Greenbelt.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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When it comes to fixing Canada’s housing crisis, too many voices aren’t being heard
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Ontario landlords can raise rent 2.5% in 2023 under new provincial guidelines
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark makes an announcement in the Ontario Legislature, in Toronto, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will have a very "aggressive" housing plan moving forward.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Ontario bill aims to speed construction as house prices keep surging
Houses under construction in Toronto on June 26, 2015. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to gather virtually with municipal leaders today for a housing summit. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark says housing affordability is a critical priority for the Ontario government, and the summit will examine how to make it easier for more Ontarians to find a home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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Ontario cabinet minister faces storm over use of planning powers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to reporters with MPP Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, in Toronto, on Monday, September 10, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov.
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Ontario municipalities to receive an additional $500-million to help address pandemic-related costs
Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark speaks during a news conference in Toronto, on Dec. 7, 2020.
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No need to demolish heritage foundry buildings, architects and activists say
Friends of the Foundry today released an exploratory concept illustrating how heritage and affordable housing can be used to create a new future for the historic Dominion Foundry site on Eastern Avenue in TorontoÕs West Don Lands. The exploratory concept was developed by renowned Toronto design and planning professionals KPMB ArchitectsÕ Shirley Blumberg and Bruno Weber, urban designer Ken Greenberg, DTAHÕs Joe Lobko, George Brown CollegeÕs Luigi Ferrara, and housing experts Sean Gadon and Mark Guslits.
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Ontario planning to expand Greenbelt by adding moraine, series of urban rivers
Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark speaks in the Ontario Legislature, in Toronto, on Dec. 7, 2020.
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Ontario announces $30-million of wetlands funding after Greenbelt Council members quit
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark answers questions after an announcement in the Ontario Legislature, in Toronto, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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New Ontario development proposal would lock in years of sprawl, critics say
The Downsview Park area is seen in Toronto, in an April 11, 2018, file photo.
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Ontario issues special orders to approve developers’ plans and quash opposition
Construction equipment is parked on an Eastern Waterfront work site after Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs announced it pulled out of the neighbouring "smart city" project due to economic uncertainty in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
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Ontario pledges action to fight ‘renovictions’
On on Sept 10 2018, Ontario Premier Doug Ford (L) and Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, attend a press conference to address the Ontario Superior Court's decision that the provincial government's legislation to slash the size of Toronto council, was deemed unconstitutional.