Resources, Articles, & Advocacy
Advocacy | May 30, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of May 26
Tribunals Ontario | May 26, 2025
HRTO - Updates on Rules of Procedure, Practice Directions and Processes
Effective June 1, 2025, the HRTO is launching a mandatory mediation process. For all HRTO applications received on or after June 1, 2025, a mediation shall be scheduled as a standard practice in every file. Parties can request an exemption for exceptional circumstances.
Legislative Update | May 26, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of May 19
Toronto Passes Controversial 'Bubble Zone' Protest Bylaw: Toronto councillors have passed a bylaw aimed at restricting protests around places of worship, daycares and schools in the city. The bylaw – slated to come into effect on July 2 – allows schools, childcare centres and places of worship to request the city restrict protest within a 50-metre radius around their properties.
Advocacy | May 16, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of May 12
Province Tables Tariff-Era Budget: The Ford government plans to run a substantial deficit of almost $15 billion and spend more than $230 billion this year. On Thursday, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy presented the government’s 2025 budget, a document dominated by the tariff response and how it will impact the economy.
Advocacy | May 16, 2025
OBA Update - Budget 2025
On Thursday, May 15, 2025, the government tabled A Plan to Protect Ontario, the 2025 provincial budget
