Background Following a letter to Heads of Councils from the Solicitor General and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing on March 27, 2020, the following personnel can be designated as provincial offences officers for enforcing orders under the EMCPA: All persons...
The AGCO has provided a recent update to how it is supporting the charitable sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of this, they have published a second notice around these changes. It is worth noting a temporary change has been made that permits the sale of Break...
The Ontario Registrar General (ORG) has temporarily permitted the electronic transfer or faxing of death registration documents amid COVID-19 and allow municipalities to safely issue burial permits. Below is a summary of the changes: Regulation 1094 of the Vital ...
Amid COVID-19, Ontario Premier Ford today announced he will extend Ontario’s state of emergency for another two weeks after the current order expires tomorrow. The current emergency order prohibits organized public events and social gatherings of more than five people. Org...
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has amended Regulation 719: Licenses to Sell Liquor under the Liquor License Act to temporarily allow liquor sales licensees to sell beer, wine and spirits as part of a food order for takeout or delivery. This is effective...
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is responding to requests from municipalities about pausing raffle draws and events amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The AGCO are working to be flexible in the application of the Terms and Conditions attached to current lotter...
This morning, Premier Ford has declared a state of emergency as Ontario tries to slow the spread of COVID-19. With this, public events of over 50 people will be banned until March 31 st – this includes parades, events and service. All facilities providing indoor recreatio...
According to their Info Bulletin No.97, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission (AGCO) have now given Ontario charities to seed or guarantee prizes for electronic and paper-based Catch the Ace progressive raffles. Prior to this, seeding and prize guarantees were only available for ...
Premier Doug Ford, Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues Jill Dunlop, and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones announced a five year anti-human trafficking and child sexual exploitation strategy. Legislative and regulatory changes will be looked at by the province as...
The Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance (IMFG) has released a paper analyzing the similarities and variations in municipal law across Canada’s provinces. Authors Zack Taylor and Alec Dobson identify how the provincial-municipal relationship is articulated, municipa...