A new paper, published by the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance (IMFG), explores how municipal governments can build better trust with the public to allow them to raise the funds necessary to build public transit. According to the paper: Cities across Canada face an...
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce is urging the government to dedicate billions of provincial infrastructure dollars to improving access to high-speed internet in rural and remote areas and Ontario's north. According to the chamber, lack of high-speed Internet access is limiting...
The government of Ontario has released its first-ever Culture Strategy, which is designed to set targets for promoting participation in culture and the arts. Key features of the strategy include: Supporting the use of more Canadian content in schools Helping to conserve...
In the fifth edition of AMCTO’s Policy & Management Briefs, Thomas Plant, Director of Strategic and Enterprise Services with the City of Bampton examines how strategic planning enables better municipal service delivery. Using examples from across Ontario, Plant argues that wit...
The government of Ontario is reviewing the province's Environmental Bill of Rights to ensure that it is achieving its objectives. The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change has prepared a discussion guide that outlines relevant sections of the current Environmental Bil...
The Ministry of Government and Consumer Services is looking for feedback on a proposal to establish a new Ontario birth certificate. The proposal would amend Regulation 1094 under the Vital Statistics Act to create a new birth certificate that would add one or both of the foll...
The government is now accepting applications for the Ontario 150 Program, which is providing funding to municipalities and community organizations for projects "that will create social and cultural legacies through initiatives that support celebration, engagement and innovati...
The government of Ontario has launched a province-wide consultation on how to strengthen and improve bus transportation between communities. The Ministry of Transportation is currently considering a number of different changes to the regulations governing inter-city bus travel...
The government has approved a regulatory change that will modify the Insurance Act to allow sharing economy companies to purchase commercial fleet insurance. This change will allow companies like Uber and Lyft to purchase insurance on behalf of their drivers. For more: O. R...
A number of new regulations are coming into effect as of July 1st, including rules related to cap and trade, electricity planning, and OMB applications amongst many others. You can find the full list here .