Submissions 2024

Aujourdʼhui
Aujourdʼhui

Gouvernement provincial

Family Legal Services Review Comments on MAG Consultation Paper

  • 29 avril 2016

The Ontario Bar Association ("OBA") appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the Family Law Services Review Consultation Paper (“the MAG Consultation Paper”) issued by the Ministry of the Attorney General (the “Ministry”), which asks whether the delivery of family legal services should be expanded to include people who are not lawyers, such as paralegals, law clerks and law students.

Droit de la famille

Gouvernement provincial

Proposed Amendments to Regulation 909: Eliminating the 30 Rule for Pension Investment

  • 29 avril 2016

The Ontario Bar Association (“the OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments to the Ministry of Finance (“the Ministry”) in response to its proposed amendments to Regulation 909 under the Pension Benefits Act (“the PBA”) to eliminate the 30% rule for pension investment (“the Consultation Paper”).

Droit des régimes de retraite et des avantages sociaux

Gouvernement provincial

Proposed Amendments to Planning Act Regulations and Proposed Transitional Regulation relating to the Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73)

  • 15 avril 2016

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (the “Ministry”) on the proposed amendments to the existing regulations under the Planning Act relating to the Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73) and the proposed new regulation to prescribe transitional provisions for Bill 73.

Droit municipal

Barreau du Haut-Canada

Compliance-Based Enity Regulation LSUC Task Force Consultation

  • 31 mars 2016

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) is pleased to provide this submission to the Law Society of Upper Canada Task Force on Compliance-Based Entity Regulation in response to its Consultation Paper: “Promoting Better Legal Practices” (“the Consultation Paper”).

Droit autochtone, Droit administratif, Mécanismes extrajudiciaires de règlement des conflits et 36 en plus, Droit des affaires, Association canadienne des conseillers et conseillères juridiques d’entreprises (Section de l’Ontario), Œuvres de bienfaisance et organismes à but non lucratif, Citoyenneté et immigration, Litige civil, Droit des recours collectifs, Droit de la construction et infrastructure, Droit constitutionnel, libertés civiles et droits de la personne, Justice pénale, Droit relatif à l’éducation, Droit du divertissement, de l'information et des télécommunications, Droit de l’environnement, Droit de la famille, Forum des avocates, Droit des franchises, Praticien exerçant seul, petit cabinet et pratique générale, Droit relatif à la santé, Technologies de l'information et le droit de la propriété intellectuelle, Droit de l’insolvabilité, Droit des assurances, Droit international, Droit du travail et de l’emploi, Gestion de la pratique du droit, Droit municipal, Richesses naturelles et énergie, Droit des régimes de retraite et des avantages sociaux, Droit de la protection de la vie privée, Avocats du secteur public, Droit immobilier, Orientation et identité sexuelles, Droit fiscal, Droit des fiducies et des successions, Accidents de travail, Young Lawyers' Division, Droit relatif aux animaux, Droit des enfants et des jeunes

Gouvernement provincial

RE: O. Reg 35/16 Changes to the Land Transfer Tax Act Regulation 70/91

  • 17 mars 2016

“As Chair of the Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) Taxation Law Section, I am writing regarding the recent retroactive changes made to the land transfer tax regime by Ontario Regulation 35/16. Enclosed is a submission prepared by members of our section and the Canadian Bar Association/Chartered Professional Accountants Joint Taxation Committee.”

Droit fiscal

Gouvernement provincial

Closing the Gender Wage Gap Consultation

  • 15 janvier 2016

The Ontario Bar Association (the “OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide a submission to the Gender Wage Gap Steering Committee (the “Steering Committee”), appointed in April 2015 by the Minister of Labour to lead a public consultation on “Closing the Gender Wage Gap” (the “Consultation”), after which the Steering Committee will make recommendations that inform a strategy to close the wage gap between men and women.

Forum des avocates

Gouvernement provincial

Cap-and-Trade Program Design Options Consultation

  • 15 décembre 2015

The Ontario Bar Association (the “OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide a submission to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (the “Ministry”) with respect to the Cap and Trade Program Design Options Paper (the “Options Paper), EBR Registry Number 012-5666, describing the Ministry’s proposed Cap and Trade Program (the “Program”).

Droit des affaires, Droit de l’environnement, Richesses naturelles et énergie

Gouvernement provincial

Draft Regulation on Street Checks

  • 14 décembre 2015

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to participate in consultations with the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (“the Ministry”), and comment on Ontario’s Draft Regulations for Street Checks (“Draft Regulations”).

Droit autochtone, Droit constitutionnel, libertés civiles et droits de la personne, Justice pénale et 2 en plus, Droit de la protection de la vie privée, Droit des enfants et des jeunes

Gouvernement provincial

Municipal Legislation Review

  • 12 novembre 2015

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (“MMAH”) on the MMAH’s review of the Municipal Act (“MA”), the City of Toronto Act (“COTA”), and the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act (“MCIA”), which review is focused on the themes of accountability and transparency

Droit municipal