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Resources, Articles, & Advocacy

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

Legislative Update | May 09, 2025

Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of May 5

Province Files Appeal Against Injunction Halting Bike Lane Removal: Weeks after being ordered to pause plans to remove bike lanes from three major streets in Toronto, the Ford government says it is filing an appeal against the injunction.

Article | May 04, 2025

The Borderland Pride Decision: Can Freedom of Expression Save McQuaker?

The Township of Emo and its incumbent mayor appealed a decision from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, which held that the Township and its mayor discriminated against Borderland Pride when it refused to grant its request for a proclamation declaring June as Pride Month in the Township of Emo. This article provides an overview of the Borderland case and will briefly discuss the merits, if any, of escalating opinions that the decision contradicts freedom of expression rights.