Schedule 3 of the recently passed Bill 108, More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 makes amendments to the Development Charges Act . The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is proposing additional regulations to prescribe matters, which the government says will help red...
The recently passed Bill 108, More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 , makes various amendments to a number of Acts, including Schedule 12 of the Planning Act . Additionally, the government is proposing several regulations to prescribe matters relating to the community benef...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford today announced he is reversing retroactive funding cuts to local governments. The reversal will include cuts to child care services , public health , and ambulance services . Since the release of this PC government’s first budget on April 11...
Since the release of the Ontario government’s budget on April 11 aiming to eliminate the $11.7 billion deficit over five years, cuts and changes to provincial funding for municipal governments have been steadily occurring. This currently includes public health , library s...
Premier Ford yesterday announced that his government is creating a fund of $7.35 million to pay large municipalities and district school boards to review their budgets and find four percent in savings. The reviews would be conducted by third-party auditors and funds would...
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) yesterday reported that the cost of shared ambulance grants are now frozen at 2018 levels. Based on the 2017 funding allocation, growth in service costs for 2019 means municipal taxpayers will be left making up the difference...
There are a number of items in the province’s recently released budget, Protecting What Matters Most , that will have direct fiscal implications for Ontario’s local governments with some taking immediate effect. Over the next few weeks, AMCTO will spotlight specific budget...
On Thursday afternoon, Finance Minister Vic Fedeli delivered Ontario’s 2019 budget, Protecting What Matters Most . This year’s budget – the government’s first since taking office in 2018 – is focused on fiscal management and a plan to return the province’s books to balance a...
The Association of Municipalities Ontario (AMO) is launching a Municipal Cannabis Cost Survey to monitor and evaluate the impacts of cannabis legalization. This survey will gather data on the fiscal impacts of recreational cannabis legalization, including trends in costs over...
On Tuesday, Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled the 2019 federal budget with a projected $19.8 billion deficit. This budget spending plan targeted the middle class and focused largely on investments in infrastructure, including affordable housing, broadband ac...