The Ontario Legislature rose for the summer on July 21^st and is expected to resume September 14th, 2020.

A busy few months with various COVID related measures put in place, the following government bills were passed and received Royal Assent before the Legislature rose:

Bill 197, COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act 

• Includes changes to Marriage Act to allow for the extension of license validity period; changes to COTA and MA to include permissive provisions related to proxy voting and e-meetings; and changes Development Charges (DCs)/Community Benefit Charge (CBC).