Approved Regulatory Proposals
On December 8, 2022, the Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 received Royal Assent and came into force on December 20, 2022.
Effective Date:
December 20, 2022
An amendment to Minister's Regulation 380/04 under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act to provide criteria for when a ministry or municipality is not required to conduct an annual practice emergency exercise.
Effective Date:
December 22, 2022
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is proposing LGIC regulations under the Municipal Act, 2001 and City of Toronto Act, 2006 to support implementation of strong mayor powers related to provincial priorities set out in the Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act and proposed in the Better Municipal Governance Act.
Effective Date:
December 20, 2022
If passed, the Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 would introduce a new power for the heads of council (HOC) of Toronto and Ottawa to further shared provincial-municipal priorities.
Effective Date:
December 20, 2022
The government is proposing changes to the Planning Act and the City of Toronto Act, 2006 to make it easier and faster to build new homes for Ontarians as part of its commitment to build 1.5 million homes over the next ten years.
Effective Date:
December 19, 2022
To reduce the cost of building homes, the government is proposing changes to the Planning Act and the Development Charges Act through Bill 23 "More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022" introduced in support of Ontario's More Homes Built Faster: Ontario's Housing Supply Action Plan: 2022-2023.
Effective Date:
December 19, 2022
The government is committed to building 1.5 million homes over ten years through Annual Housing Supply Action plans to help make life more affordable and housing more attainable for Ontarians.
Effective Date:
December 19, 2022
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is seeking feedback on proposed changes to the Greenbelt Area boundary regulation (O. Reg 59/05).
Effective Date:
December 21, 2022
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is seeking feedback on proposed changes to the Greenbelt Plan that would remove or redesignate 15 areas of land and add lands in the Paris Galt Moraine area.
Effective Date:
December 21, 2022
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is seeking feedback on proposed changes to the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan (O. Reg 140/02) that would redesignate lands in the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan area.
Effective Date:
December 21, 2022
The Ministry of Health is posting a notice of a proposed regulation under PHIPA. The public is invited to provide comments between September 24, 2022 and November 22, 2022.
The proposed regulation would change the dates when Ontario Health would be required to act as if it were a health information custodian under s. 51(5) of PHIPA, once in force, and enable individual access through digital means to certain health records in the provincial Electronic Health Record (EHR): the Ontario Laboratories Information System, Digital Health Drug Repository, the Diagnostic Imaging-Common Service; and the Acute and Community Clinical Data Repository.
Effective Date:
December 1, 2022
We are proposing updates to the Registration Guidance Manual for Generators of Liquid Industrial and Hazardous Waste, to support the regulated community in complying with hazardous waste management rules and requirements. Updates being proposed are focused to align with regulatory changes that take effect January 1, 2023.
Effective Date:
December 21, 2022
If proclaimed, the Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 would provide a LGIC regulation making authority to prescribe provincial priorities. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is proposing LGIC regulations under the Municipal Act, 2001 and City of Toronto Act, 2006 to support implementation. If proclaimed, the Act and the proposed regulations would give the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa more authority to move forward on shared provincial-municipal priorities.
Effective Date:
December 20, 2022
The Ministry of Energy is seeking public input on a proposal to introduce a clean energy credit (CEC) registry and associated processes to support the creation, recognition, tracking and retirement of voluntarily purchased CECs within the province.
Effective Date:
December 8, 2022
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) is proposing regulations under the Planning Act to empower the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge with approval authority for plan of subdivision/condominium applications.
Effective Date:
December 1, 2022
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is seeking feedback on changes to the boundary of the Greenbelt Area through a proposed amendment to O. Reg. 59/05.
Effective Date:
December 21, 2022
We are proposing to amend three producer responsibility regulations made under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016. These changes would reduce and/or remove burden, correct market issues, increase transparency, align administrative and technical provisions between the regulations and remove outdated provisions.
Effective Date:
December 9, 2022
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is seeking feedback on a proposal to revoke the Central Pickering Development Plan, under the Ontario Planning and Development Act, 1994.
Effective Date:
December 19, 2022