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Articling During COVID-19 – A Municipal Perspective

  • 10 novembre 2020
  • Eric Cheng, articling student - Legal Services, The Regional Municipality of Peel

What is articling like at a municipality right now? Read on to find out, and to hear tips for other articling students also working remotely.

Droit municipal, Student Forum

Electronic meetings and Proxy Voting

  • 30 octobre 2020
  • Sarah Hahn and Jacklyn Tuckey, Barrison Law

New tools are at the disposal of municipalities, with the introduction of electronic meetings and proxy voting.

Droit municipal, Student Forum

Province Moves Forward with Implementation of Ontario Heritage Act Amendments

  • 05 octobre 2020
  • Signe Leisk and Adrianna Pilkington, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

On September 21, 2020, the Province published notice of a proposed regulation under the Ontario Heritage Act, finally implementing amendments passed as part of Bill 108, the More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019. Both the amended Act and the regulation are to come into force on January 1, 2021. This article offers a summary of the changes.

Droit municipal, Student Forum

Six Things You Need to Know About the New Community Benefits Charge Regime: 4% Cap, Two Years to Implement, and More

  • 01 octobre 2020
  • Christie Gibson, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

A hotly anticipated regulation under the Planning Act (O. Reg. 509/20) came into force on September 18, 2020, following on the heels of two recent amendments to the Planning Act: Bill 108, the More Homes, More Choices Act, 2019 and Bill 197, the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020. Alongside the regulation, the Province proclaimed into force the remaining Bill 108 and Bill 197 amendments to the Development Charges Act and Planning Act. Here are six things you need to know now.

Droit municipal, Student Forum

Local Planning Appeal Tribunal - Proposed Interim Hearing Format

  • 16 juillet 2020
  • Christie Gibson and Andrea Wilson-Peebles

Links to the following resources provided by the LPAT are contained in this article: 1. Video Hearing Guide; 2. Sample Procedural Order for Video Hearings; and 3. Acknowledgment of Expert's Duty Form.

Droit municipal, Student Forum

Development Impacts of ‘Building Transit Faster’

  • 02 mars 2020
  • Signe Leisk and Marisa Keating

This article provides an overview of Bill 171, An Act to enact the Building Transit Faster Act, 2020, which was introduced on February 18, 2020.

Droit municipal, Student Forum