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The Provincial government has announced Gas Tax Funding allocations. The government is providing $375.6 million to the 107 municipalities across the province that operate local transit. The funding can be used to extend service hours, buy transit vehicles, add routes, improve…
Blog edited for clarity that this is the Provincial Gas Tax Program.
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Ontario Minister of Transportation, Caroline Mulroney, announced today that the Province is providing $375 million through the Gas Tax program to 109 municipalities for…
On Thursday, January 14, with the Provincial Stay-at-Home Order now in-effect, an order to temporarily pause enforcement of residential evictions was announced.
The Landlord and Tenant Board will continue to hear eviction applications and issue orders, but the enforcement…
Post has been updated Thursday, January 14th to add additional instructions from the Province.
On January 12, 2021, the Province declared its second Declaration of Emergency for the COVID-19 Pandemic under s 7.0.1 (1) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection…
The Province officially launched it's 2021 Pre-Budget Submission process late Friday, January 15th. This will be the first Budget of Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board, Peter Bethlenfalvy, who replaced MPP Rod Phillips who resigned from Cabinet in…
The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks released the 2020 Annual Report on Drinking Water. According to the ministry, 99.9 per cent of more than 523,000 tests results from municipal residential drinking water systems met Ontario's water quality standards.…
The Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development is proposing to streamline prescribed written reporting requirements into a single regulation that would apply to all workplaces covered by the ocupational health and Safety Act (OHSA).
Consultation Period: …
In response to increased rates of COVID-19, including hospitalizations, the Province announced today that a Province-wide shutdown would take effect as of December 26th at 12:01am. As a result, the existing COVID-19 Response Framework will be on pause.
The…
The Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) launched a consultation process to help identify what should be the IPC’s strategic priorities over the next five years. They want to know what are the most pressing access and privacy issues facing Ontarians, now and into…
On Wednesday, December 16, 2020, the Province announced the release of the second phase of funding under the Safe Restart Agreement. To help ensure that municipalities do not carry operating deficits into 2021, the Province in partnership with the federal government is…
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