Construction and Infrastructure Law

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Resources, Articles, & Advocacy

Advocacy | May 30, 2025

Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of May 26

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

Article | May 15, 2025

Note to the Bar Regarding Vacating Motions and In-Person Court

The OBA Construction & Infrastructure Section has recently had the benefit of RSJ Firestone and the Associate Judges generously granting their time to speak to members of the Executive regarding vacating motions and ex parte court. Their Honours have asked the Section Executive to make members aware of certain procedures regarding vacating motions, and to solicit input regarding the potential resumption of in-person court appearances (note the survey link at the bottom!).

Article | May 15, 2025

Reflections on a Legal Career: W. Andrew McLauchlin

Over the course of my career in construction law, I have come to understand this truth: it takes ten years to get good at something, and ten years to earn a good reputation. Importantly, they are not the same ten years. The OBA has generously asked me to reflect on a career in construction law. Whether you are three, thirteen, or thirty years into practice, I hope these reflections offer something useful, on both the practice of law and the life that comes with it.