In an effort to tackle issues relating to recycling and plastic waste, the Ontario government has appointed David Lindsay as a Special Advisor on Recycling and Plastic Waste. Mr. Lindsay will provide Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) Rod Phillips a re...
The Ontario government today has passed Bill 108, More Homes, More Choice, 2019 . The Bill aims to increase affordable housing in Ontario. The Bill affects 13 Acts and has several municipal implications. Below is a brief summary of the passed legislation. Changes made to...
AMCTO is pleased to release an updated version of its 2015 Voters’ List position paper entitled Modernizing the Voters' List . We generally support the call from Ontario’s Chief Electoral Officer, Greg Essensa, to improve the municipal voters’ list by: Establishin...
The provincial government has developed a new set of policy principles that will guide an updated data strategy that is to be released tentatively in the Fall. The principles reflect privacy concerns from the government's public consultations held earlier this year. The consu...
Ontario’s NDP Leader, Andrea Horwath, yesterday introduced Bill 121 , Municipal Representation and Restructuring Protection Act, 2019 . The Bill endorses the principle that the relationship between the provincial and local governments should be based on mutual respect, cons...
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) recently held their annual conference from May 30th to June 2nd. All four national party leaders addressed an audience of mayors and other municipal officials from across the country. Below is a brief summary of each leader’s ad...
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Company (OLG) has made some changes to charitable gaming . Most notably, the 10% of Non-Gaming Win is no longer paid to charity associations. As a result of this and other initiatives, new contracts have been brought forward between th...
AMCTO is pleased that Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark is set to attend the association’s 81st annual conference to speak directly to the province's local government professionals. Minister Clark will deliver his address on Monday June 10th. AMCTO’s...
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...