Angela GismondiConstruction stakeholders are reacting to an Ontario cabinet shuffle last week amid housing minister Steve Clark’s resignation, saying despite all the buzz and controversy, the focus needs to remain on getting more homes built quickly.
He added, “It’s a fairly considerable shakeup because when you have a new minister, there is new staff… It takes time and that’s one thing we don’t have a lot of right now.” “There’s the task force report and quite a few recommendations there that haven’t been addressed yet. I’m still hearing reports from builders that are still having trouble with ongoing approvals.”“At a time when we arguably should be at least doubling the amount of housing we’re producing, we’re sort of going in the other direction,” said Lyall. “The immigration numbers aren’t changing…This needs to get organized yesterday.
“RCCAO will continue to advocate for the accelerated adoption of the reforms recommended by the Housing Affordability Task Force,” said Todorova in an email to the Daily Commercial News.