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On an annual basis, StrategyCorp conducts a survey of Ontario Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) and produces a report that offers insights into leadership challenges from the perspective of the CAO within the communities they serve.  As with previous editions of the…
As members will know, we have been following several election-related issues and trends as local election administration is one of the key statutory responsibilities of our clerk members. We have been active in engaging governments at both the federal and provincial level in…
Last week, the Ontario government announced its first round of the Housing-Enabling Water Systems (HEWS) Fund, providing $970 million in 54 projects across 60 municipalities. Intended to enable the construction of more than 500,000 new homes in Ontario, these investments help…
At the end of June, the Office of the Ombudsman of Ontario released their 9th Annual Report highlighting complaints and inquiries received from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. While municipalities are a relatively new area for the Ombudsman, since January 2016, the report…
Under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA)  Consultation Timeline: July 3, 2024 – August 26, 2024 (54 days)  Ministry: Treasury Board Secretariat  The Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA) establishes the province'…
The Ministry of Seniors and Accessibility launched a consultation on design standards.  Ontario’s Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 requires accessibility standards to be reviewed to determine whether the standards are working as intended and allows…
The Ontario Business Improvement Area Associations (OBIAA) released a consultation paper Municipal Act: An Act in Three Parts which among other things, calls for a separate act governing BIAs.   The paper identifies four challenges with the Municipal Act, where BIAs…
There are a couple pieces of federal legislation that we have been monitoring with respect to elections as part of our ongoing tracking of local elections issues and trends.   As members are aware, we released our recommendations to update the Municipal Elections Act, 1996…
The 2023 Annual Report from the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) entitled Beyond Imagination: Planning for Ontarians’ Digital Future, has been released. The report provides highlights of IPC activity from the previous year as well as statistics from the…
Last week, the federal and provincial governments, with the City of Toronto and Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), renewed the Canada Community Building Fund (CCBF) agreement. Renewed for 10 years, the federal government will invest $4.7 billion over the next five…
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