On August 5th, Canada's Minister of Infrastructure and Communities announced adjustments to the ICIP to introduce a COVID-10 Resilience stream so that provinces and territories can use federal funding to act quickly on a wider range of more pandemic-resilient infrastructure ...
The Ontario Registrar General Office re-issued a communications to Ontario Marriage Licence Issuers on July 30th 2020 to clarify some information and provide additional guidance on replacement licences. Extending validity of licenses issued during the COVID-19 pandemic for ...
The Province has published O.Reg 431/20 under the Commissioners for Taking Affidavits Act. As you may know, the Act was amended through Bill 190, COVID-19 Response and Reforms to Modernize Ontario Act, 2020 through which the Government made amendments to several pieces...
On July 27 2020, the Province announced $4 billion in funding for Ontario municipalities through the Safe Restart Agreement which contributes federal and provincial funds to offset municipal operational costs ( $777 million federal + $1.22 billion provincial = $ 2 billion ) a...
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: ...
On July 16 th 2020, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario released two information bulletins on regulatory changes under the Liquor Licence Act (LLA). To assist the hospitality and tourism sector, amendments were made to Regulation 719 of the Act which allows Lice...
We are catching up on sharing a number of interesting pieces of news, reports, and other information on the municipal sector. Here are a few items of interest. Assessment Review Board Training MFOA is holding a two part webinar on municipal involvement in Assessment R...
Note: this post has been edited to fix a link. On July 13 th , the Deputy Ontario Registrar General sent two memos to Ontario Marriage license issuers: The first memo was with regards to Provincial marriage license fees. As AMCTO posted about last week, Bill 197...
On July 8, 2020, the Province introduced Bill 197, the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act. This omnibus bill includes 20 schedules which amends multiple Acts. The Government has positioned the bill as addressing three critical needs Ontario faces: restarting jobs and development...
On July 6th, the Deputy Registrar General sent a memo to Ontario Division Registrars on the Submission of Death Registrations. It was noted that the partnership between the Ontario Registrar General (ORG) and Ontario registrars has allowed this important service to conti...