BUILDING DURHAM

To register for October 13th, click here!

To register for November 3rd, click here!

In November, the Durham Region Home Builders' Association will be hosting their Annual General Meeting and electing their board of directors for the 2022-2024 term. 

The following positions are available for election:

• Three (3) Builder/Renovator directors
• Two (2) Trade Contractor directors
• Two (2) Supplier directors

Elected directors will serve a two year term.

DRHBA's top priority is advocacy work for the building industry as a whole.  We also provide networking opportunities and great events for our members.  We are looking for individuals who are willing to share their time, knowledge and experience to further the interests of the building community.  We believe that each director brings a unique skill set and perspective to the table.

Directors will be required to attend four board meetings per year (November, February, May and September), and will be asked to join one of our committees.  We ask that you share your time and expertise, whether that means managing a GR file, speaking at a public meeting or helping to plan one of our gala events. 

As a director, you will be representing the Durham Region Home Builders' Association.  You will be expected to attend most of our events, including member events, seminars, the Awards of Excellence, President's Ball and golf tournament.

Being on the Durham Region Home Builders' Association's board of directors is a great way to help shape the industry, steer the direction of the Association, network, get more involved and stay informed on what's going on in the building world.

If you are interested in becoming a director, please forward your nomination form to Stacey at s.hawkins@drhba.com by Wednesday, September 21, 2022.  All forms will be forwarded to the nominations committee for review.  If there are more qualified applicants than positions available, an election will be held at the Annual General Meeting in November.  Qualified candidates are encouraged to provide a bio and photograph to be published in an upcoming news bulletin.

If you have any questions, please contact Stacey at 905-579-8080 ext. 2 or s.hawkins@drhba.com.

Download nomination form.

The Town of Whitby has now opened public consultation on their Whitby Climate Emergency Response Plan - Phase 1 - Resilience.

Both draft documents contain plans that will impact the residential construction industry.

CERP Phase 1 - Draft Executive Summary

CERP Phase 1 - Draft Implementation Bill

While DRHBA has already submitted feedback to the Town in this letter, and will be submitting further correspondence, it's essential that the Town also hear members' feedback.

A survey is open for feedback until July 14, 2022.

The 2022 Municipal Elections will be held on Monday, October 24, 2022.

Below is a list of the candidates currently running for seats in municipalities in Durham Region.

Durham Region

Regional Chair

• John Henry (incumbent)

• Kurdil-Telt Patch

Oshawa

Mayor

• Dan Carter

• Joe Ingino

Ward 1 - Regional & City Councillor

• John Neal

Ward 1 - City Councillor

• Ashmad Rashed Formuly

· Rosemary McConkey (incumbent)

Ward 2 Regional & City Councillor

• Tito-Dante Marimpietri (incumbent)

Ward 2 City Councillor

• Jonathan Giancroce

• Jane Hurst (incumbent)

• Jim Lee

Ward 3 Regional & City Councillor

• Bob Chapman (incumbent)

• Jemma Lambert

Ward 3 City Councillor

• Bradley Marks

Ward 4 Regional & City Councillor

• Rick Kerr (incumbent)

• Doug Sanders

• Jeff Davis

Ward 4 City Councillor

• Kristine Dandavino

• Dave Thompson

• James Bountrogiannis

• Mark Loga

• Fred Eismont

• Derek Giberson (incumbent)

Ward 5 Regional & City Councillor

• Brian Nicholson (incumbent)

• Todd Forbes

Ward 5 City Councillor

• Taylor Shayne Bailey

• John Gray (incumbent)

Clarington

Mayor

• Adrian Foster (incumbent)

• Joe Neal

• Tom Dingwall

Regional Councillor - Wards 1 & 2

• Janice Jones

• Granville Anderson

Regional Councillor - Wards 3 & 4

• Willie Woo

Local Councillor - Ward 1

• Robert Livingstone

• Larey Reynolds

• Sami Elhajjeh

Local Councillor - Ward 2

• Lloyd Rang

• Ryan Kerr

• Glenn Baswick

Local Councillor - Ward 3

• Marven Whidden

Local Councillor - Ward 4

• Margaret Zwart (incumbent)

Whitby

Mayor

• Deidre Newman

• Elizabeth Roy

Regional Councillor (4 to be elected)

• Chris Leahy (incumbent)

• Steve Yamada (incumbent)

• Maleeha Shahid

• Rhonda Mulcahy (incumbent)

• Dave Sansom

• Vasu Mallula

• Ron Kapuscinski

Town Councillor North Ward 1

• Steve Lee (incumbent)

Town Councillor West Ward 2

• Anjali Throve

• Lori Lopes

Town Councillor Centre Ward 3

• Joanne Drumm (incumbent)

• Niki Lundquist

Town Councillor East Ward 4

• Victoria Bozinovski

• John Rinella

• PG Case

Ajax

Mayor

• Shaun Collier (incumbent)

Regional Councillor - Ward 1

• Marilyn Crawford (incumbent)

Regional Councillor - Ward 2

• Sterling Lee (incumbent)

Regional Councillor - Ward 3

• Joanne Dies (incumbent)

Local Councillor - Ward 1

• Rob Tyler-Morin (incumbent)

• Andras Adaikkalam

• Arshad Awan

Local Councillor - Ward 2

• Ashmeed Khan

• Selladurai Jeyakumaran

• Azhar Khan

• Ramon Estaris

Local Councillor - Ward 3

• Lisa Bower (incumbent)

Pickering

Mayor

• Kevin Ashe

• Janice Frampton

• Bradley Nazar

Regional Councillor - Ward 1

• Maurice Brenner (incumbent)

• Tom Hayes

Regional Councillor - Ward 2

• Linda Cook

• Gary Strange

Regional Councillor - Ward 3

• Peter Rodrigues

• David Pickles (incumbent)

City Councillor - Ward 1

• Raveena Rajasingham

• Zeynab Kazi

• Karen Sloan

• Jeanine Soligo

• Tony Harold

• Anthony Michael Yacub

City Councillor - Ward 2

• Frank McGillan

• Christine Doody-Hamilton

• Ayesha Sardar

• George David Turner

• Mara Nagy

• Nancy Van Rooy

City Councillor - Ward 3

• Darshan Sritharan

• Ali Naqvi

• Shaheen Butt

Scugog

Mayor

• Wilma Wotten

Regional Councillor

• Ian McDougall

Councillor - Ward 1

• David LeRoy

Councillor - Ward 2

• Janna Guido

Councillor - Ward 3

• Robert Rock

Councillor - Ward 4

• Harold Wright

Councillor - Ward 5

• Ivo Finotti

Brock

Mayor

• Walter Schummer

• Ted Smith

• Ryan Williams

Regional Councillor

• Michael Jubb

• Dorothy Sanderson

Councillor - Ward 1

• Peter Frank

Councillor - Ward 2

• Claire Doble

Councillor - Ward 3

• Angela Canavan

Councillor - Ward 4

• Cria Pettingill (incumbent)

Councillor - Ward 5

• Lynn Campbell (incumbent)

• Tony Laundrie

Uxbridge

Mayor

• Dave Barton (incumbent)

Regional Councillor

• Bruce Garrod

Councillor - Ward 1

• Pamela Beach

• Dominic Morrissey

Councillor - Ward 2

• Patrick Molloy

• Gordon Shreeve

Councillor - Ward 3

• Zed Pickering

Councillor - Ward 4

• Willie Pop (incumbent)

Councillor - Ward 5

• Todd Snooks

• Christine McKenzie

Enbridge Gas will be transitioning to a province-wide online service request system known as GetConnected this summer! Sign up for one of the provincial or regional webinars to take a look at the new system and learn about important changes in the service request process.

RNC Builder Communication July 25 Outage - FINAL.pdf

Enbridge-Gas_Webinar.pdf

The City of Pickering has released its draft Parkland Bylaw. 

The Planning Act gives municipalities the authority to have developers provide public parkland as a condition of their development approvals.  Recent changes to the Planning Act require all municipalities to replace their existing Parkland Bylaws.  Accordingly, the City of Pickering is proposing to replace the current Parkland Bylaw with the new Parkland Bylaw.

The only changes proposed for the Parkland Bylaw are to bring it into conformity with the parkland rates provided in the Planning Act.  The new Parkland Bylaw will be considered by Pickering Council on Monday, July 11 at 2:00 p.m.

Comments will be accepted until June 22, 2022 and can be sent to Paul Wirch directly or you can email Stacey.

The City of Pickering has released its 2022 Development Charge Background Study and its Community Benefits Strategy.

The proposed increases for a single detached can be seen here:

The public meeting of Council will be held on June 20, 2022, and the passage of the bylaw is scheduled for July 11, 2022.

If you have any concerns, please contact Stacey.