Legislative Updates

Here is the full list of legislative updates we are currently tracking.

ID	Group	Date	Title	Link	Status	Description
130	2.CurrentBills	4/29/2025 12:00:00 AM	Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025	https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-44/session-1/bill-5	First reading carried on April 17, 2025	The omnibus bill makes amendments related to environment, mining, and electricity. Notably, it amends the Mining Act to create a "one project, one process" permitting model for designated mining projects. The bill would make immediate amendments to the Endangered Species Act and eventually repeal the Act altogether to enact the new Species Conservation Act, 2025
131	3.RegConOpen	4/29/2025 12:00:00 AM	Proposed interim changes to the Endangered Species Act, 2007 and a proposal for the Species Conservation Act, 2025	https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0380	Comments close on May 17, 2025	The Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 is proposing to make immediate amendments to the ESA and would later repeal the ESA and enact the new Species Conservation Act, 2025 (SCA), once proclaimed.
132	3.RegConOpen	4/29/2025 12:00:00 AM	Updates to the Drinking Water Quality Management Standard	https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8413	Comments close on June 6, 2025	The Province is proposing to update the Drinking Water Quality Management Standard. These updates are intended to provide clarification, reflect current practice in municipal residential drinking water systems, and enable auditing of practices used to summarize monitoring data.