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The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) is pleased to announce Quinn Ross as the 83rd President of the OBA.

The Ontario Bar Association congratulates those voted to Canadian Lawyer’s 2017 Top 25 Most Influential list, including the several OBA members honoured.

The Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) has awarded The Ontario Bar Association one of only 18 annual awards granted to competitors representing more than 300 organizations.

The OBA congratulates Juliet Knapton on her recent appointment to the Immigration and Refugee Board (Ottawa District Office).

In accordance with the OBA By-law, all members are hereby advised that the OBA annual meeting is scheduled to take place on Friday, September 15, 2017 at 6 p.m.

The OBA welcomes the 2017-2018 Municipal Law Section Executive. The new executives assume their roles on August 15th, 2017. The Municipal Law executive is responsible for facilitating learning, advocacy and networking on behalf of the Municipal Law Law section.

For several years, the Ontario Bar Association ("OBA") has advocated for modernization of our civil justice system. As I have discussed with you in our earlier meetings, this is a critical priority for our members and for me personally as the OBA President.

Toronto, May 30, 2017 – Ontario’s municipal water and wastewater systems use unnecessarily large amounts of energy. Thankfully, there is a huge opportunity to reduce the energy and greenhouse gas footprint of delivering these services to residents. That was the message delivered today by Dianne Saxe, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO), at the release of her new report, Every Drop Counts: Reducing the Energy and Climate Footprint of Ontario’s Water Use.

The OBA Municipal Law Section is pleased to announce Michael C. Birnie as its 2017 Municipal Law Section Award winner.

The province has announced measures aimed at "making housing more affordable." Lawyers should review the measures, particularly those that will have immediate or almost immediate effect, upon the of enactment of legislation.