Ontarian Legislation

Ontario ministerial review bill would start in three months and report in nine on waste-diversion rules. The minister would study sectors, sizes and materials.

Bill would require liquor-licence holders, servers, and employers to complete mandated trauma-informed training and display a policy within four months.

Minister of Health would pursue equal tax treatment for massage therapy services in Ontario, starting after Royal Assent, under a new bill.

Bill would give the Minister enforceable directives to certain publicly funded services and create a provincial emergency-management framework, including Ontario Corps.

Bill would rename the Forest Fires Prevention Act and boost fire-officer powers. It would create a Geologic Carbon Storage Act with permits and carbon fund.

Metrolinx must integrate bike-share with regional transit; if assets are sold for housing, 20% must be affordable, and a '2+1' highway plan would set winter maintenance standards.

Bill would extend Auditor General audits to health organizations and suppliers receiving public money. Thresholds apply to fiscal years beginning on or after April 1, 2027.

Ontario lawmakers would introduce a bill to designate December as Christian Heritage Month, taking effect on Royal Assent.

Ontario lawmakers approve a bill expanding job-search leave and requiring fraud-reporting policies for job platforms. The act also sets defibrillator reimbursements and higher WSIB penalties.

Bill would speed transit projects and create water corporations. Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon would absorb Peel’s water system by a minister-set date, or January 1, 2029.

Bill would repeal greenhouse-gas targets, create the Ontario Provincial Conservation Agency to oversee authorities, and overhaul election financing and timing.

Bill would require the Environment Minister to publish a strategic action plan within two years, create a province-wide Resource Centre, and review the plan every four years.

Bill would require schools to hold Remembrance Day services and close workplaces for four hours starting June 1, 2026.

Ontario drivers would be barred from passing across double solid yellow lines under a new bill. It imposes a $400 fine and at least three demerit points.

Bill to create an advisory committee on gender-affirming care, with the Health Minister to appoint members within 60 days.

Hospitals and long-term care homes would publish monthly counts of workplace violence and harassment. The bill protects workers who report in good faith from reprisals, taking effect on Royal Assent.

Bill would create an Ontario AI, Talent and Innovation Strategy and appoint a 21-member advisory committee within 90 days, with annual progress reports and a three-year review.

Education oversight bill lets the Education Minister probe school boards and take control if needed, while colleges publish admissions criteria and require research security plans.

The bill would form an Urban Wildfires Advisory Committee within 90 days. The committee would report within a year, then ministers must craft plans within another year.

Bill would create a life lease framework and regulate sponsors, with fines up to $50,000 for individuals and $250,000 for corporations.

Bill would require the minister to set health-care pay and staffing standards, including 70% permanent full-time staff, and paid sick days, starting one year after assent.

Ontario would require publicly funded institutions to buy French-language books only from accredited Franco bookstores, starting six months after Royal Assent. A Registrar would be appointed to certify bookstores.

Bill would require staffing at scales and sites on Highway 11 north of North Bay and Highway 17. It would ensure OPP enforcement staffing and a Ministry-certified truck driver exam.

Bill would repeal automated speed enforcement and let the minister order school-zone signs; forest plans could cover multiple units and remove annual ministerial harvest approvals. Labour-mobility reforms apply.