Submissions and Legislative Updates

We are writing on behalf of an Ontario Bar Association ("OBA") working group that has been established to address the growing issues surrounding court and tribunal appointed assessors who are the subject of inappropriate complaints to their professional colleges.

The Ontario Bar Association (the “OBA”) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on Bill 160, the Occupational Health and Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2011 (“Bill 160” or “the Bill”).

It’s Official! Provincial Election on February 27: On Tuesday, the Hon. Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, accepted Premier Doug Ford's advice to sign a proclamation dissolving the 43rd Parliament of Ontario. The Lieutenant Governor also called for the issuance of writs for the general election to be issued January 29 and named February 27 as the date of the vote.