Articles 2020

This article highlights some of the key changes made by Bill 68 to the Municipal Act and Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.

A review of a recent decision that considers the authority of the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry to enact regulations to exempt certain actions and activities that would otherwise be prohibited under the Endangered Species Act, 2007

An update on recent developments relating to the City of Toronto’s local appeal body that will hear appeals of decisions of the City’s Committee of Adjustment on minor variance and consent applications

This article considers the question of whether freedom of religion includes protection for sacred sites and discusses a recent appeal heard by the Supreme Court of Canada that has provided the Court with the opportunity to address this question head-on

This articles provides a summary of the presentations made by nineteen speakers at the OBA’s Institute 2017 Municipal and Planning Law Program

A commentary on a recent decision of the Divisional Court that considered the question of whether the Ontario Municipal Board has the authority to award costs against a non-party

A commentary on the introduction of the first local appeal body in the Province - the City of Toronto’s local appeal body that will hear appeals of decisions from the City’s Committee of Adjustment relating to minor variance and consent applications

A discussion of municipal regulation of outdoor signage and the possible elimination, through Bill 68 (Modernizing Ontario’s Municipal Legislation Act, 2016), of grandfathering protection for existing signs

This article discusses the applicability of a municipal noise by-law enacted pursuant to the Municipal Act in the context of the Ministry of the Environment’s Environmental Noise Guideline (NPC-300)

An overview of the framework of policies and definitions introduced in the 2014 Provincial Policy Statement that could make it easier for agricultural operations to remain viable.