On February 8 2021, the Ontario Registrar General (ORG) sent a communication to Ontario Marriage Licence Issuers. Validity Period As you may be aware, amendments to the Marriage Act came into force in August 2020 which allowed for the extension of the marriage licence va...
The Province announced on Monday, February 8 th , that it would gradually transition out of shutdown measures based on a regional approach, as outlined in a revised COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open. Additionally, the shutdown measures and Stay-at-H...
Another year, another ROMA conference, this time virtually. AMCTO staff were in attendance at the virtual conference with the theme Connecting Rural Ontario. Below are a few highlights that may be of interest to our members. We even got a shout out from Lisa Thompson, Mi...
On Thursday, January 14, with the Provincial Stay-at-Home Order now in-effect , an order to temporarily pause enforcement of residential evictions was announced. The Landlord and Tenant Board will continue to hear eviction applications and issue orders, but the enforcement...
Post has been updated Thursday, January 14th to add additional instructions from the Province. On January 12, 2021, the Province declared its second Declaration of Emergency for the COVID-19 Pandemic under s 7.0.1 (1) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection ...
In response to increased rates of COVID-19, including hospitalizations, the Province announced today that a Province-wide shutdown would take effect as of December 26th at 12:01am. As a result, the existing COVID-19 Response Framework will be on pause. The lockdown will ...
On Wednesday, December 16, 2020, the Province announced the release of the second phase of funding under the Safe Restart Agreement . To help ensure that municipalities do not carry operating deficits into 2021, the Province in partnership with the federal government is provi...
It was a busy fall session for the Legislature which rose on Tuesday and won't return until February 16 2021. Below are a selection of the Government and Private Members Bills that saw some activity over the past few months which may be of interest to our members. Government...
The Province released public health advice for gatherings, ethno-cultural and festival occassions and other events based on the various zones ahead of December holidays and festivals. Generally speaking, the Province suggests celebrating with your own household. The releas...
Back on October 29th, we blogged that the Province had announced a new COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure stream which formed part of the Investing in Community Infrastructure Program (ICIP), with more details forthcoming. Today, the Province announced that it is now acc...