AMCTO is pleased to release its 2020 Pre-Budget Submission. Our submission contains recommendations that will guide the provincial government in policy areas and strengthen Ontario’s local governments in an environment of change and uncertainty. We recommend the government...
Ontario’s Solicitor General, Sylvia Jones, has written to all Heads of Council to announce consultations on regulations that will support the establishment of new OPP detachment boards. This regulations are as a result of the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 that is ...
The Ontario government has finalized new regulations on excess soils under the Environmental Protection Act. The government says these changes, which will be phased in, will reduce soil management costs and promote brownfields redevelopment while also protecting “human health...
The Maytree Foundation has released a report that contains recommendations for the Ontario government to consider as it integrates employment and training services provided to social assistance recipients into Employment Ontario (EO). The report expresses concern on how th...
Ontario is investing more than $1.4 million in organizations and communities that will host 11 sport events across the province in an effort to increase economic activity and boost tourism. Some of the sport events that are being invested in are the 2020 Pan American Wrestl...
Ontario’s Chief Drinking Water Inspector, Melissa Thomson, has released her annual report, which looks at the province’s water protection activities and results from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019. Highlights of the report include: 522,231 out of the 522,921 drin...
The Ontario government has launched a Job Site Challenge whereby municipal governments and private landlords with large tracts of land or industrial sites can propose their sites to support large-scale manufacturing operations. If selected, succesful applicants will be intern...
As AMCTO initially reported, the Ontario government will be moving away from the lottery system and open retail stores to the market. As part of this move, the government has amended Regulation 478/18 under the Cannabis License Act, 2018 and include the following changes...
During consultations for Bill 132, Better for People, Smarter for Business Act , AMCTO submitted comments on the proposed repeal of the Line Fences Act . Following review by the Standing Committee on General Government, the Bill received Royal Assent without the proposed re...
The Ontario government has amended Regulation 719 (Licenses to Sell Liquor) under the Liquor License Act (LLA) to allow the sale and service of liquor at certain airports in Ontario for 24 hours a day and seven days a week. This change will be effective December 12 th , 201...