Doug Ford's point person on housing says supply of professional city planners not keeping up with demand, impacting province's ability to build 1.5-million homes by 2031
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"This falls far short of the number of annual job openings and means Ontario faces a growing shortage of professional planners, which presents significant challenges as we seek to fulfil our commitment of 1.5 million homes by 2031," Clark wrote in the letter. For Dunlop, it could be "expanding existing planning programs in universities across Ontario as well as adding additional programs in areas that have traditionally been underserved." "We're certainly working with the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing on that, as well as municipal partners across Ontario.
Earlier this year, the federal government gave Ontario a bigger say in choosing which economic immigrants come to the province every year through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program. In 2022, the province could choose just over 9,000 economic immigrants through the program, but it's increasing to 18,000 by 2025. Almost half the spots in 2022 went to skilled trades workers.
"Municipal staffing in planning departments have increased only marginally over the past two years," according to a 2022 report by the Building Industry and Land Development Association that looked at several factors contributing to Ontario's housing woes. Since 2018, however, some cities have hired more planners compared to other positions.
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