The Province is extending the comment period for Environmental Registry Posting 019-6813: Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) to form a new provincial planning policy instrument . The Ministry of Municipal Affairs ...
As has been widely covered, Bill 23 More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 contained sweeping changes with financial impacts for municipalities. Multiple municipal associations, including AMCTO, flagged concerns to the Province about the impacts of these changes. As a result,...
Under the Planning Act, 1990 Consultation Timeline: February 6, 2023 – March 8, 2023 Ministry: Municipal Affairs and Housing Further details and to comment: https://www.ontariocanada.com/registry/view.do?postingId=43527&language=en The Minister of Municipal Affair...
Under the Greenbelt Act, 2005 Consultation Timeline: November 4, 2022 – December 4 2022 (30 days) Ministry: Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Further details and to comment: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-6216?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=%2Fen%2Fstatement...
Last week, alongside the introduction of Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 , several regulatory proposals were posted for comment on Ontario’s Regulatory Registry which may have an impact on municipal operations. For more information and to comment, please visit t...
The Province has published the report from the Housing Affordability Task Force . The Task Force is part of Ontario’s ongoing consultations with industry, municipalities and the public to help the Government identify and implement solutions to address housing supply. The T...
On Thursday, October 7 th , Nina Tangri, Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, announced Ontario’s Fall Red Tape Reduction Package and introduced the Supporting People and Business Act . The Bill contains several proposed changes to existing legi...
The Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) has released a paper describing evolving municipal relationships with Indigenous Peoples and calling attention to an urgent need to review Indigenous-municipal relationships across Canada. The paper argues that munici...
On February 17th, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark announced the launch of a 60 Day consultations on Growing the Greenbelt. Act: Greenbelt Act, 2005 Ministry: Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Comment Period: February 17, 2021 - April 19,...
On October 6 th , the Province introduced Bill 213, Better for People, Smarter for Business Act , 2020 . Some of what is being proposed here and in accompanying regulations appears to go beyond removing regulatory roadblocks and red tape that the Government has portrayed as ...