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The only way to build enough homes fast enough to fix Ontario’s housing shortage is to focus construction on mid-rise housing.
Ontario must redirect the construction now into 5-11 storey, multi-family buildings on existing streets.
The Mid-Rise Manual is a lawmakers guide to unlocking mid-rise, by making it legal, practical and cost-effective to build.
Read MoreOur work is based on research, science, and a strong understanding of the facts. Below you will find our archive of reports, guides and media backgrounders that are available for download. You can find our government submissions here.
backgrounder
About The Backgrounder: Lobbyists for some of Canada’s biggest, most-polluting fossil fuel companies also lobby on behalf of clients for whom confronting the climate crisis is a top priority. This report spotlights two lobbying firms in Canada with significant conflicts of interest across their client base: Crestview Strategies and StrategyCorp. The report makes recommendations to...
Climate change
About The Backgrounder: As the world accelerates its shift to clean energy, Canada’s oil and gas industry is increasingly out of step with global demand. Limiting new fossil fuel production – rather than expanding it – would deliver stronger economic returns and shield Canada from the growing risk of stranded assets. As global climate policies...
Climate change
About The Backgrounder: Canada is presiding over this year’s G7 Leaders’ Summit, which is scheduled to take place in Kananaskis, Alberta, from June 15 to 17. The summit will convene leaders from G7 members-Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States-along with the European Union and invited guests including Australia and...
Protecting Ontario’s Environment
About The Backgrounder: Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, would give Premier Ford and his cabinet unprecedented power over our communities, including powers to dictate who is exempt from the law and who is not. If passed, Bill 5 would be a direct attack on healthy communities, good planning, clean water...
Climate change
About The Backgrounder: A new analysis from Environmental Defence reveals that in 2024, Canada’s federal government provided nearly $30 billion in subsidies and financing to the fossil fuel industry, including $21 billion for the TransMountain pipeline. This financial support comes at a significant cost to taxpayers and ignores the global shift toward renewable energy. Despite...
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