Richard Lyall

Richard Lyall

Richard Lyall

Richard Lyall is president of RESCON and has represented the building industry in Ontario since 1991. Contact him at [email protected].

Published Articles by Richard Lyall

Developers are ready, willing and eager to build

Lack of affordable housing is costing the Greater Toronto Area up to nearly $8 billion annually and as a result, talent is leaving.

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RESCON presses feds to allow more skilled trades into Canada

More than 100,000 skilled trades workers in the province are expected to retire over the next decade and we're already short of some voluntary trades with specialized skills.

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Accelerating climate plan timeline will hamper efforts to build much-needed housing

Toronto city council has accelerated the timeline for its TransformTO climate action plan in hopes of reducing community-wide greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2040.

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Skilled trades are viable option for everyone

We’ll need to hire and train over 100,000 new workers by the end of the decade in Ontario to keep pace with growth and retirement.

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New Toronto policy will only raise price of new housing

Toronto council approved an inclusionary zoning policy that will force developers to set aside a percentage of units for affordable housing if they’re putting up condos near transit stations.

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Immigration is key to a healthy construction industry

For decades, we have counted on trades from other countries to bring their skills and expertise to help build our homes and infrastructure.

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Action needed to solve the housing crisis

We are in the middle of a housing crisis, plain and simple, because demand is outpacing supply and, consequently, we’re seeing some very dramatic spikes for the price of homes.

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Federal funds must flow for housing programs

We are in the middle of a housing affordability and supply crisis in Canada, yet the federal government has been dragging its feet on initiatives to increase the supply.

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Toronto’s C2K initiative is a step in the right direction

We are in the middle of a housing crisis here in the GTA and across Ontario—and Canada for that matter. The cost of building new homes continues to rise. The situation is dire and hampering our economic growth.

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How do you tackle GTA’s rental crunch? Increase supply

A recent survey by Abacus Data stated that one-third of non-homeowners in Ontario have given up on ever owning property; another 26 per cent are pessimistic.

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