Following consultations with municipalities, stakeholders and the public, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark today announced the updated Provincial Policy Statement (PPS). The updated PPS will come into effect on May 1 st , 2020 and is issued under the auth...
The Minister of Transportation, Caroline Mulroney, last week introduced Bill 171, Building Transit Faster Act, 2020 . The government says the bill will speed up the construction of the Ontario Line, the Scarborough Subway Extension, the Yonge Subway Extension, and the Eglint...
As a result of recent changes in Bill 132, Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019, the Ontario government is proposing regulatory changes under the Aggregate Resources Act and its Provincial Standards. The government says these changes are proposed to modern...
The Board of Directors of Waterfront Toronto have voted to delay the deadline decision on the Sidewalk Labs’ smart city from March 31 st to May 20 th . Waterfront Toronto has said the delay was to allow the public to more time to provide feedback on the project. Sidewalks...
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 Ontario government has passed Bill 132, Better for People, Smarter for Business Act , which the government says will make it easier to interact with the government, eliminate red tape, and modernize regulations. The changes will affects Acts from 14 different Ministries....
Last week, the government released its Fall Economic Statement , which the government says maintains the commitment to balance the budget by 2023-24 whilst making investments into critical public services and strengthening conditions for job creation. The government has i...
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark yesterday received the regional governance review report but reiterated that the report will not at this point be released publicly. The review examines service delivery, governance and decision-making structures in the...
On September 3 rd , regulations amending Schedule 12 of Bill 108, More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 , came into effect after 30 days of open consultations and review by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The government received more than 400 comments relatin...
As directed in the government’s More Homes, More Choice: Ontario’s Housing Supply Action Plan , the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is proposing changes to the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) – a consolidated statement of the government’s policies on land use pla...