Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act

May 12, 2025

• Our government is taking bold action to protect Ontario in the face of economic uncertainty by making it easier and faster to build new homes and infrastructure like transit, roads, water and wastewater systems.
• In response to recommendations and requests from municipal leaders, we’re helping to simplify, streamline and reduce costly development charges so that we can get shovels in the ground faster and make it cheaper to build and buy a home.
• We’re also removing barriers for Canadian manufacturers who want to introduce innovative materials and building designs that could reduce construction costs and expedite projects.
• To speed up building major transit projects, we’re extending measures in the Building Transit Faster Act, 2020 to all provincial transit projects.
• And we’re streamlining and improving planning and delivery for transit-oriented communities to create more jobs and housing options near transit.
• To support faster builds, we’re increasing our historic investment in housing-enabling infrastructure by adding $400 million to the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund (HEWSF) and Municipal Housing Infrastructure Fund (MHIP) for a total of nearly $2.3 billion over four years.
• Under the leadership of Premier Ford, our government is keeping the dream of home ownership alive by cutting red tape, removing barriers that delay construction, lowering housing costs, keeping workers on the job, and strengthening Ontario’s economic competitiveness.