Monday, January 19th, 2026

Ford government backs down on Schedule 10

As you are most likely aware, on Jan. 23 the news was tweeted out by Municipal Affairs Minister, Steve Clark, that the government had listened to the responses of MPPs, municipalities, farmers federations, environmental organizations, the Ontario Professional Planners Institute, and countless citizens – responses which were overwhelmingly against Schedule 10 of Bill 66 – […]

“Open Ontario for Business” an environmental setback

Did you know a proposed new piece of provincial legislation will enable municipal governments to give approval to industrial developments employing 50 or 100 people right next door to you without any prior notice to you and leave you without any right of appeal?  Imagine having some industrial facility built next to your property without […]