London, Ont. has seen a recent boom of nearly 50,000 jobs, however the years before that were lean. A study of 36 metropolitan areas in Canada by the Fraser Institute showed the Forest City go 13th to 28th place in terms of median household income.
The Toronto Greenbelt was an urban growth boundary created in 2005 as one of the most obvious political victories for the Smart Growth movement in North America. A new bill would reverse course on the region’s growth policies.