Submissions and Legislative Updates

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”).

The Ontario Bar Association (the “OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Ministry of the Attorney General’s consultation paper “Exploring an online Administrative Monetary Penalty System for infractions of provincial statutes and municipal by-laws in Ontario” (“the Consultation Paper”).

The Ontario Bar Association (the “OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (the “Ministry”) on Bill 45, Making Healthier Choices Act, 2014 , and in particular, Schedule 1 – Healthy Menu Choices Act, 2014 (the “HMCA”).

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) is pleased to provide this update on our consideration of the issues raised by the Law Society of Upper Canada in “Alternative Business Structures and the Legal Profession in Ontario: A Discussion Paper” (the “Discussion Paper”)

The Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”) is pleased to provide this submission regarding its review and proposed amendments for improving Ontario’s Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000 (the “proposed amendments”).

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