Olha Sotska

Building codes are undermining the promise of modular housing

• The residential construction sector can’t use new technologies like modular housing while operating in a fragmented, constantly shifting regulatory environment.

Opinion | BY OLHA SOTSKA | January 28, 2026

Building codes are undermining the promise of modular housing

Opinion | BY OLHA SOTSKA | January 28, 2026

• The residential construction sector can’t use new technologies like modular housing while operating in a fragmented, constantly shifting regulatory environment.

Building codes are undermining the promise of modular housing

Opinion | BY OLHA SOTSKA | January 28, 2026

• The residential construction sector can’t use new technologies like modular housing while operating in a fragmented, constantly shifting regulatory environment.

The price tag on housing-enabling infrastructure is prolonging our housing crisis

• The cost of infrastructure expansion is typically covered through development charges paid by developers when they build new housing, which exacerbates Canada’s significant affordability

Opinion | BY OLHA SOTSKA | October 8, 2025

The price tag on housing-enabling infrastructure is prolonging our housing crisis

Opinion | BY OLHA SOTSKA | October 8, 2025

• The cost of infrastructure expansion is typically covered through development charges paid by developers when they build new housing, which exacerbates Canada’s significant affordability

The price tag on housing-enabling infrastructure is prolonging our housing crisis

Opinion | BY OLHA SOTSKA | October 8, 2025

• The cost of infrastructure expansion is typically covered through development charges paid by developers when they build new housing, which exacerbates Canada’s significant affordability

Canada’s critical role in solving the energy trilemma

• While the growth of renewables is critical (and to be continued), they will largely be layered on top of existing traditional energy sources, rather

Opinion | BY OLHA SOTSKA | June 1, 2025

Canada’s critical role in solving the energy trilemma

Opinion | BY OLHA SOTSKA | June 1, 2025

• While the growth of renewables is critical (and to be continued), they will largely be layered on top of existing traditional energy sources, rather

Canada’s critical role in solving the energy trilemma

Opinion | BY OLHA SOTSKA | June 1, 2025

• While the growth of renewables is critical (and to be continued), they will largely be layered on top of existing traditional energy sources, rather

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