Legislative Updates

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

IDGroupDateTitleLinkStatusDescription
961.RecentlyEnacted11/30/2023 12:00:00 AMBill 131, Transportation for the Future Act, 2023https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-131Carried on division on November 23, 2023The Act enacts the Go Transit Station Funding Act, 2023, which enables municipalities to build new GO stations and recover the costs from the transit-oriented communities around them through a Station Contribution Fee. The Bill also improves the Toronto Transit Commission’s ability to enter into cross-boundary agreements with neighboring transit agencies.
992.CurrentBills11/30/2023 12:00:00 AMBill 134, Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-134Ordered for Third Reading on November 23, 2023The Bill amends the Development Charges Act, 1997 to include updated definitions on affordable and attainable residential units, which will receive exemptions from DCs.
1012.CurrentBills11/30/2023 12:00:00 AMBill 136, Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-136Referred to Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure, and Cultural Policy on November 2, 2023The Bill amends the Greenbelt Act, 2005 to restore the 15 parcels of land that were redesignated or removed from the Greenbelt in late 2022. The Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023, if passed, would ensure any future boundary changes are made through an open, public and transparent legislative process.
1042.CurrentBills11/30/2023 12:00:00 AMBill 150, Planning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-150Referred to Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure, and Cultural Policy on November 20, 2023If passed, the Bill will reverse provincial changes made in November 2022 and April 2023 to official plans and official plan amendments in 12 municipalities: the cities of Barrie, Belleville, Guelph, Hamilton, Ottawa, and Peterborough, Wellington County, and the regional municipalities of Halton, Niagara, Peel, Waterloo and York. The reversal includes changes to urban boundaries while maintaining protections for the Greenbelt.
1052.CurrentBills11/30/2023 12:00:00 AMBill 154, New Deal for Toronto Act, 2023https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-154First Reading Carried on November 27, 2023The Bill requires the Province and the City of Toronto to discuss various avenues to achieve short-term and long-term financial sustainability in Toronto, such as the upload of the Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway, funding for transit, and more. The Bill also advances project approvals for Ontario Place.
822.CurrentBills11/28/2022 12:00:00 AMBill 44, Building More Homes by Ending Exclusionary Zoning Act, 2022https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-44First reading carried on November 22, 2022The Bill amends the Planning Act to require official plans to contain policies authorizing, in areas of settlement, the use of up to four residential units in a detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse as well as multi-unit residential buildings of up to four stories.
832.CurrentBills11/28/2022 12:00:00 AMBill 45, Building More Homes on Major Streets and Transit Corridors Act, 2022https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-45First reading carried on November 22, 2022The Bill amends the Planning Act to require official plans to contain policies that authorize, in areas of settlement, midrise housing developments ranging from six to 11 stories on major streets, including along transit corridors.
1073.RegConOpen11/30/2023 12:00:00 AMPlanning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7885Comments close December 16, 2023The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is seeking feedback on proposed legislation, the Planning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023.
1064.RegConClosed11/30/2023 12:00:00 AMProposed changes to the Ontario Heritage Act and O.Reg. 385/21 General with respect to certain alteration requestshttps://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7684Comments closed December 3, 2023A proposal to make amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA) and O.Reg. 385/21 (General) which would allow religious organizations and Indigenous communities or organizations to move forward with their proposed alterations where the requirements of the provision are met.
1024.RegConClosed11/30/2023 12:00:00 AMProposal to return lands to the Greenbelt - Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7739Comments closed November 30, 2023The Ministry is seeking feedback on a proposal to introduce legislation that would restore the 15 parcels of land that were redesignated or removed from the Greenbelt in late 2022. The Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023, if passed, would ensure any future boundary changes are made through an open, public and transparent legislative process.
1034.RegConClosed11/30/2023 12:00:00 AMProposed changes to the Ontario Heritage Act and O.Reg. 385/21 General with respect to certain alteration requestshttps://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7684Comments closed December 3, 2023A proposal to make amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA) and O.Reg. 385/21 (General) which would allow religious organizations and Indigenous communities or organizations to move forward with their proposed alterations where the requirements of the provision are met.
 
 

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