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It was a busy fall session for the Legislature which rose on Tuesday and won't return until February 16 2021. Below are a selection of the Government and Private Members Bills that saw some activity over the past few months which may be of interest to our members.
Government…
There's a new regulatory registry posting that will be of interest to our members. MGCS has put out a discussion paper on the Cemetery and Maintenance Fund and Accounts Framework.
Our members have expressed some issues and concerns around the maintenance of…
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) released a bulletin as a result of a number of inquiries related to an online charitable raffle supplier.
AGCO clarified that The Lotto Factory (TLF Global Ltd.) is not currently registered by the AGCO…
The Province released public health advice for gatherings, ethno-cultural and festival occassions and other events based on the various zones ahead of December holidays and festivals.
Generally speaking, the Province suggests celebrating with your own household. The…
On November 17th, one day after Bill 218: Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act passed third reading, MPP Mitzie Hunter introduced a Private Members' Bill (PMB), Bill 232: Local Choice for Local Elections Act.
The Bill proposes to…
Back on October 29th, we blogged that the Province had announced a new COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure stream which formed part of the Investing in Community Infrastructure Program (ICIP), with more details forthcoming.
Today, the Province announced that…
On November 16th, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) released, Building Back Better Together, its recommendations to build a better Canada during and after COVID-19. The release was made one day ahead of FCM's Advocacy Day on Parliament Hill.
The recommendations…
Update: As of November 20, 2020, Bill 218: Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act has received Royal Assent.
On November 16th, Bill 218: Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, passed third reading after it had…
We have already blogged about several measures announced as part of the Fall 2020 Budget.
This post will focus on Bill 229: Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act (Budget Measures), 2020, which contains 44 Schedules that would make…
On November 13th 2020, the Province announced that it would be updating its threshold levels and advice within the COVID-19 Response Framework in response to updated modelling.
If the current case trajectory continues, according to the modelling, Ontario would see up to 6…
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