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Advocacy | July 07, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of June 30
New Regional Senior Justice Appointed to the OCJ: Justice Anthony Frederick Leitch has been appointed regional senior justice for the Central West Region of the Ontario Court of Justice (OCJ), effective September 1. He had been the acting senior judge in the region since 2023.
Provincial | June 17, 2025
The Ontario Business Registry (OBR) - Increase in Service Providers
The OBA continues to meet with MPBSD officials on the Ontario Business Registry, advocating on behalf of members for enhancements to the system.
Advocacy | June 11, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of June 9
Legislative Update | June 06, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of June 2
Ford Government Passes Mining Legislation: Bill 5, or the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, passed third reading this week and has been granted royal assent by the lieutenant governor. The legislation will create so-called special economic zones where laws, ranging from municipal approvals to environmental rules or even labour law, won’t apply. At Queen’s Park on Wednesday, cries of protest rang out from the galleries inside the legislature as MPPs voted. Indigenous leaders have vowed to keep fighting against the legislation.
License Appeal Tribunal | June 04, 2025
License Appeal Tribunal – Revised Adjournment Request Form
Effective June 16, 2025, the LAT will implement a revised Request for an Adjournment Form to ensure it has the information and documentation needed to consider and respond to requests for an adjournment in a fair and timely manner.
Provincial | June 04, 2025
What’s New: OBR Service Providers
Since the launch of Ontario Business Registry (OBR) system in October 2021, the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement (MPBSDP), and the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) established a Working Group.
Advocacy | May 30, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of May 26
Advocacy | May 16, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of May 12
Province Tables Tariff-Era Budget: The Ford government plans to run a substantial deficit of almost $15 billion and spend more than $230 billion this year. On Thursday, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy presented the government’s 2025 budget, a document dominated by the tariff response and how it will impact the economy.
