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Op-Ed: Canada’s Housing System Is Broken — A Reckoning Is Long Overdue
Brad Jones, Chief Development Officer at Vancouver's Wesgroup, shares his thoughts on the current housing market, and the changes that must take place within it.
Jun 09, 2025
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Op-Ed: A Return to Real Estate 101 — Resetting Expectations For Multifamily Housing
While it may feel as if the whole real estate system is changing, Evan Pawliuk, AVP Commercial Mortgages at First National Financial LP, sees this simply as a return to basics.
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OpEd: Toronto’s Sky-High Problem With The Crane Index Report
According to Antonio Niro, CFO at The Rose Corporation, measuring the health of a city’s real estate industry using the number of cranes up is akin to measuring a person’s health based on the number of shoes they own.
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Op-Ed: Factory-Built Housing Is The Answer To Ontario’s Housing Crisis
With threats of tariffs south of the border and a desire to have more homegrown options for Canadians, factory-built – or prefabricated – housing offers a ‘Made-in-Ontario’ solution.
Opulence Meets Ultimate Recreation At This 10.9-Acre Victoria Estate
Though just 15 minutes from downtown Victoria, this address feels distinctly set apart — protected, peaceful, and purpose-built for generational enjoyment.
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Op-Ed: Why Housing Is Top Of Mind As A Gen Z Voter
When it comes to housing, myself and an untold number of young Canadians without access to the Bank of Mom and Dad are getting demonstrably screwed.
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Op-Ed: When It Comes To Housing Supply, We Have An Engineering Problem
To address the cost issue and bring prices down, we must first overcome the engineering limitations of our existing development model, writes Jonathan Diamond, Principal at Well Grounded Real Estate.
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Op-Ed: Protecting Ontario Must Include Promoting Housing Affordability
John DiMichele, CEO of the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB), argues that it's time housing is recognized as being just as essential to Ontario’s economic success as roads, transit, and energy infrastructure.
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Op-Ed: BC's Foreign Buyer Tax Has The Same Effect On Development As A Tariff
For the past decade, BC has imposed its own punitive, politically motivated tax on foreign residents buying local apartment buildings and land, says Goodman Commercial.
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Op-Ed: Ontario Needs To Tackle Punishing Taxes to Turbocharge Housing Supply
Tackling taxes and fees is the first step to increasing housing supply and ensuring more families and individuals can achieve the dream of homeownership. That’s why TRREB has launched FairHomeTaxes.ca to fight for lower taxes on Ontario homes, writes President Elechia Barry-Sproule.
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Op-Ed: CoV Seeks To Generate Profits From A Market It Is Actively Obstructing
Wouldn't it be more beneficial if the City of Vancouver sold its trophy site to fund non-market housing or reduce inclusionary housing requirements?
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OREA Offers Bold Policy Recommendations To Raise The Bar For Ontario Real Estate
OREA President Rick Kedzior writes that association's latest recommendations focus on enhancing consumer protection and getting rid of outdated policies, such as the auctioneer loophole.
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Beyond Buildings: How Third Space's Net Zero Plan Aims to Tackle Vancouver’s Climate Crisis
From embodied carbon to operational carbon from energy use, Third Space's Net Zero Transition Plan addresses the entire building lifecycle, writes Leo Glaser, Director, Net Zero & Planet Impact.
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The Parkshore Master Plan Is A Chance To Reimagine Toronto’s Waterfront
Toronto’s Western Beaches waterfront feels like afterthought, and a small shift in road placement and parking management could change that, writes architectural designer Brent Haynes.
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