Canada: Construction & Planning

Construction contracts often include arbitration clauses, providing parties with an alternative path to dispute outside of court. In a recent BC Supreme Court decision...

A Quebec Court of Appeal decision examines when contractual holdbacks cross the line from legitimate protection into abusive financing tactics. The ruling clarifies the boundaries of good faith in construction payment...

Dans les projets de construction au Québec, la retenue contractuelle est un outil permettant notamment de protéger le donneur d’ouvrage contre les réclamations des sous‑traitants et autres intervenants en droit d’inscrire une hypothèque légale sur l’immeuble. Utilisée correctement, elle permet d’assurer le paiement de tous les intervenants avant la libération complète des fonds.

Ontario's 2026 Budget introduces an Enhanced New Housing Rebate that could eliminate up to $80,000 in provincial HST on qualifying new homes, with federal coordination expected to address the remaining 5% GST portion. The rebate applies to homes purchased between April 2026 and March 2027, with construction deadlines extending to 2031, while a parallel program targets new residential rental properties with different timelines. Builders and developers face time-sensitive opportunities to leverage these tempo

As demand for data centre capacity accelerates across Canada, developers, tenants, investors, and lenders are increasingly focused on where a project sits on the continuum: from bare land, to powered shell...

Alors que la demande en infrastructures de centres de données s'accélère dans l'ensemble du Canada, les promoteurs, les locataires, les investisseurs et les institutions de prêt s'intéressent...

Spring is in the air, and that means Ontario’s first housing package has arrived. The package includes significant funding announcements from the Federal and Provincial government...

On March 26, 2026, the Province of Ontario introduced its 2026 Budget, which proposes a temporary enhancement to the provincial portion of the Harmonized Sales...

On March 30th, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Doug Ford signed the Canada-Ontario Partnership to Build Agreement aimed at reducing development costs and improving housing...