The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing today announced proposed changes to the Greater Golden Horseshoe’s Growth plan which they say will increase the region’s housing supply, attract investment and protect jobs. The Ministry also said that the changes would allow munic...
Following the 2018 Ontario local government elections, municipal councils across Ontario will appoint library board trustees in compliance with the Public Libraries Act 1990 . A series of resources have been developed by the Ontario Library Boards’ Association, the Federatio...
The Ontario Government today announced an action plan that they say will making housing more affordable and increase choices available for Ontarians. The government’s plan includes the following elements: Legislation that would make new rental units exempt from rent ...
Today the Ontario PC government announced social assistance reforms that they say will “restore dignity, encourage employment, and empower the province’s most vulnerable to break free from the poverty cycle.” Highlights of the government’s reforms include: Moving...
Yesterday the province and the federal government announced a bilateral agreement to implement the National Housing Strategy in Ontario. According to the agreement more than $4.2 billion will be dedicated to protecting, renewing and expanding social and community housing in O...
The government has posted proposed regulations to govern its legalization of recreational cannabis. The proposed regulations cover places of use, impaired-driving, storefronts and medical cannabis. See below for the draft regulations: Proposed places of use regulations und...
The government is seeking feedback on a proposed regulation that would give municipalities that power to use inclusionary zoning under the Planning Act. In 2016 the province passed the Promoting Affordable Housing Act , which amongst its many provisions gave municipalities ...
Yesterday the federal government unveiled its long-anticipated National Housing Strategy. The strategy commits the federal government to spend $40 billion on a range of housing initiatives, including homelessness, new housing units, and repairing existing housing stock. Speci...
FCM's President and Chair of the Big City Mayor's Caucus have written an op-ed arguing that the federal government's planned national housing strategy presents an opportunity to transform Canada's housing system for years to come. According to the article: "We can bemoan t...
The province announced today that it is establishing an Opioid Emergency Task Force to better coordinate the government's response to the opioid crisis. The group, which will be comprised of frontline workers and people with lived experience with opioids, will advise the gover...