Bill 66, Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act, 2019 - City Impacts

Bill 66 received Royal Assent on April 3, 2019. Staff have reviewed the final legislation and identified the following schedules as having implications for the City: - Schedule 2 - Repeal of the Pawnbrokers Act - Schedule 3 - Amendments to the Child Care and Early Years Act and Education Act - Schedule 5 - Repeal of the Toxics Reduction Act - Schedule 8 - Long-Term Care Homes Act - Schedule 9 - Amendments to the Labour Relations Act At the time of the Bill's introduction, staff had also noted Schedule 10 - Amendments to the Planning Act as having potential implications for the City. However, this schedule was voted down by the standing committee of the legislature and the proposed amendments to the Planning Act were not included in the final version of Bill 66 that received Royal Assent. This report provides an overview of those sections of Bill 66 where staff have identified implications, with the exception of Schedule 9, amendments to the Labour Relations Act. The impacts to the City of Schedule 9 are the subject of a separate report going forward to the June 6, 2019 Executive Committee meeting.