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Municipal & Planning Law Blog
Current issues and updates on law, legislation and policy.
| In December the federal government introduced a new "Chemicals Management Plan" which is intended to improve the degree of protection against hazardous chemicals. According to [read more]Friday, 19 January 2007 |
| The government has posted a notice on the Environmental Bill of Rights website indicating that the Ministries of Environment, Municipal Affairs and Housing, Northern Development and Mines and the [read more]Wednesday, 17 January 2007 |
| The Ministry of the Environment intends to ban the burning of used oil (i.e. waste-derived fuel) for the purposes of space heating. As such, a proposed amendment to Regulation 347 under theEnvironmenta [read more]Tuesday, 16 January 2007 |
| The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has published a draft regulation with an incorporated guide under the Environmental Assessment Act to provide an environmental assessment process for activities [read more]Tuesday, 16 January 2007 |
| By order in council published in the December 9 Ontario Gazette, the government has proclaimed that the major changes to the Planning Act contained in Bill 51 will come into force on January 1, 2007 [read more]Thursday, 14 December 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| On November 27, 2006, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal released a technical paper on the proposed methodology for determining the 'built boundary' for the Greater Golden Horseshoe [read more]Tuesday, 28 November 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| Bill 51 (now S.O. 2006, c. 23) received Royal Assent on October 19; however, the most significant sections which amend large portions of the Planning Act are not yet in force.The Act provided that [read more]Monday, 23 October 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| Bill 43, the Clean Water Act (now S.O. 2006 c.22) received Royal Assent on October 19. However the Act will not come into force until a date to be named by Cabinet. We will provide an update when [read more]Monday, 23 October 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| Bill 51, the Planning and Conservation Land Statute Law Amendment Act, received 3rd reading and was passed on October 12. It is now awaiting Royal Assent. [read more]Thursday, 12 October 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| One of the recurring comments during the recent consultation on OMB Reform related to the length of OMB appointments. The three year tenure was seen as being too short, and providing lack of [read more]Tuesday, 10 October 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| The Ontario Municipal Board announced today (October 2) that it has created the Citizen Liason Office .
The office will
Provide information to the public about the OMB, such as how to file [read more]Monday, 2 October 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| Bill 43, which is touted as being the government's response to the Walkerton Inquiry, has been scheduled for 3rd reading on October 2. The Bill was considered at Committee over the summer, [read more]Friday, 29 September 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| During the summer, Bill 51 was considered and amended by the General Government Committee. It was reported back as amended on September 25, the first day back of the new legislative session, [read more]Tuesday, 26 September 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| On September 23, Ontario Regulation 444/06 (available here ), made pursuant to theEnvironmental Protection Act, will be published in the Ontario Gazette. The Regulation amends Ontario [read more]Friday, 15 September 2006 |
| As of May 1, 2006, Conservation Authorities in Ontario have new powers to regulate development in or near wetlands, shorelines, watercourses, escarpment areas, valley lands and floodplains. [read more]Thursday, 27 July 2006 |
| On June 23, 2006, Gemtec Ltd., an environmental consulting company, and Robert Lutes, a Gemtec principal and project manager, were sentenced in Provincial Court in Moncton, New Brunswick [read more]Thursday, 27 July 2006 |
| TThe Standing Committee on Social Policy intends to hold hearings on Bill 43, An Act to protect existing and future sources of drinking water, in Toronto, Walkerton, Cornwall, Bath and Peterborough [read more]Thursday, 27 July 2006 |
| TheMOE has posted notice of its intention to extend the expiry date for Qualified Persons under Ontario Regulation 153/04:Records of Site Condition - Part XV.1 of the Act for 18 months, [read more]Thursday, 27 July 2006 |
| The Ministry of the Environment has proposed several regulatory amendments to facilitate waste recycling, alternative fuel production, and emerging waste management development. A description [read more]Friday, 21 July 2006 |
| The Standing Committee on General Government has scheduled public hearings for the consideration of Bill 51. The Committee will meet on August 3rd in Toronto, and will travel to London, Napanee [read more]Tuesday, 11 July 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has posted a series of proposed regulations for Bill 51 on the Environmental Bill of Rights for comment.
The various proposed regulations (a [read more]Wednesday, 5 July 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| Robert D.M.Owen, formerly a vice-chair of the OMB, has been appointed to the Immigration and Refugee Board, as of June 30. First appointed to the OMB in 1983, and cross appointed to the Assessment [read more]Sunday, 2 July 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal which challenged the process followed by the Province in establishing a plan under the Ontario Planning and Development Act in Seaton.
The [read more]Friday, 30 June 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| As part of the last minute flurry of legislative activity, the legislative assembly passed Bill 209, which amends the Highway Traffic Act to provide that persons convicted of drinking and boating [read more]Friday, 23 June 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| Before adjourning for the summer, the legislative assembly authorized the Standing Committee on General Government to meet during the summer to consider Bill 51, the Planning and Conservation Land [read more]Friday, 23 June 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| Bill 104, An Act to establish the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority, was given third reading and Royal Assent June 22. This puts in place the legal framework for the GTTA to be established [read more]Friday, 23 June 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| As the legislative session wraps up today, Bill 104, that would establish the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority is scheduled for 3rd Reading debate. We assume this means it will go to [read more]Thursday, 22 June 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| To assist in understanding the changes from the Proposed (Nov. 2005) to the Final (June, 2006) Growth Plans, we have prepared a "blacklined" version (although the lines are red, blue and [read more]Tuesday, 20 June 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| The Province has amended the transition regulation with respect to the Growth Plan to clarify how official plan amendment applications commenced prior to June 16, 2006 are to be treated.
O. Reg. 324/06 [read more]Monday, 19 June 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| The Province has released the final growth plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. It is available here .All Planning Act decisions must conform with the Plan, subject to the transitional regulation [read more]Friday, 16 June 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| Four Director positions in the Integrated Environmental Planning Division, Ministry of the Environment, have been filled as follows
*John Vidan - Director, Waste Management Policy [read more]Friday, 16 June 2006 |
| The McGuinty Government introduced today proposed reforms to theMunicipal Act which are intended to broaden the powers of Ontario's municipalities. The Government is proposing to prov [read more]Thursday, 15 June 2006 |
| The Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal has announced that the final Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe will be released on June 14 at 11:45 a.m. at the Waterside Inn in Mississauga [read more]Wednesday, 14 June 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| The Ministry of the Environment's proposed Guideline for Phase II Environmental Site Assessments in Ontario has been posted to the Environmental Registry. A copy of this posting is available [read more]Monday, 12 June 2006 |
| Bill 53, theStronger City of Toronto for a Stronger Ontario Actis scheduled for 3rd reading today, June 6. It was considered by the Standing Committee on General Government during 8 separate [read more]Tuesday, 6 June 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing has made a s. 47 zoning order, covering particular land in Haldimand County. O. Reg 200/06 prohibits the erection of buildings or structures [read more]Friday, 19 May 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| The proposed new City of Toronto Act is continuing to move through the Standing Committee on General Government, having had 7 days of public hearings. The Committee will meet to consider the [read more]Friday, 19 May 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| Debate on the motion for second reading of the proposedClean Water Act concluded on May 17th; and the vote on the motion was deferred to the next day. On May 18th, the Legislature voted [read more]Friday, 19 May 2006 |
| The debate on the motion for second reading of theClean Water Actresumed on May 15. This is the third time the bill has been debated in the house, but no vote has yet been taken. Debate [read more]Tuesday, 16 May 2006 |
| Bill 43, the proposedClean Water Act(available here ),has now been debated by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on two occasions prior to second reading. The debate began on April 12th, and [read more]Friday, 5 May 2006 |
| We're 1!!!! We launched this site on May 3, 2005. Since then, we have posted 80 or so changes in law, policy and politics. Is it useful? Well, since we are approaching 80,000 [read more]Thursday, 4 May 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| The Province has announced the final development plan for the Seaton community in Pickering. The press release indicates that the implementation of the plan will be supported by a management [read more]Thursday, 4 May 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| The Standing Committee on General Government will be considering Bill 53, the new City of Toronto Act on May 1 at 3:45 and May 3 at 4 p.m. [read more]Monday, 1 May 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to appeal from a decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in the RSJ Holdings v. London case. The Court of Appeal decision (available here ) quashed an [read more]Thursday, 27 April 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| Bill 51, the Planning and Conservation Land Statute Amendment Act received second reading on April 26. It has been referred to the Standing Committee on General Government, and is expected to [read more]Wednesday, 26 April 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| On April 21, 2006, The Minister of the Environment announced approximately $10 million in funding for municipalities in support of source protection planning to accomplish the goals of the proposedClean [read more]Wednesday, 26 April 2006 |
| A Private Member's Bill, known as theLake Simcoe Protection Act, 2006 (available here ) was introduced to the Legislature on April 25th, 2006. The Bill proposes to give [read more]Tuesday, 25 April 2006 |
| On April 24th, 2006, the Minister of Transportation introduced Bill 104 to the Ontario Legislature, "An Act to establish the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority and to repeal the GO Transit [read more]Monday, 24 April 2006 |
| In an unusual move, Bill 123, theTransparency in Public Matters Actwas withdrawn with the unanimous consent of the Legislative Assembly on April 18.
The Bill had proceeded through 2 readings [read more]Thursday, 20 April 2006 | Chris Barnett |
| Debate on the second reading of Bill 51, thePlanning and Conservation Land Statute Law Amendment Act, which proposes significant changes to thePlanning Actand by extension to the OMB appeal process, [read more]Thursday, 20 April 2006 | Chris Barnett |
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