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Bill 60, Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025

Flack, Hon. Rob Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing

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Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2025,

chapter 14

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s

aid to Bill 60 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 60 has been enacted as

Chapter 14 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2025.

SCHEDULE 1

BUILDING TRANSIT FASTER ACT, 2020

This

Schedule amends the Building Transit Faster Act, 2020 .

Some highlights include:

1. The

definition of “immediate danger to construction” in

section 2 of the Act is

repealed and the concept is incorporated into

section 26 of the Act.

2. References

to construction in

Part II (Corridor Control) and

Part V (Municipal Service and

Right of Way Access) are expanded to include operation and maintenance in

sections 12, 26, 27, 34 and 52.

3. Sections

14, 17, 19 and 36 are amended to reduce the notice period from 30 days to 15

days.

Section

52 is repealed and replaced to broaden the basis on which Metrolinx may

determine that municipal service and right of way access is required to include

the alteration and relocation of, and access and connection to, municipal

services, rights of way and infrastructure. It is also broadened to include

municipal infrastructure that is related to bridges, tunnels and life safety

systems and to give the Minister authority to prescribe, by regulation,

additional municipal infrastructure to which an order may apply.

5. Subsection

59 (1) is amended to provide that the Minister may delegate their functions to

the Deputy Minister or other persons employed in the Ministry.

SCHEDULE 2

CONSTRUCTION ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Construction Act :

Section

30 is re-enacted in order to apply with respect to the abandonment or

termination of a contract or subcontract, rather than just to a circumstance in

which a contractor or subcontractor defaults in the performance of a contract

or subcontract.

2. Not-yet-in-force

amendments to

section 31 that would have been made by

section 27 of

Schedule 4

to the Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures),

2024 are repealed.

Section 31 is amended to retain the provisions of

those amendments that would have been subsections (8) to (10) — dealing with

notice of termination and its effects — by adding them as replacements of

subsections (6) and (7) of the current section. The not-yet-in-force re-enacted

version of

section 26 is consequently amended to require the annual release of

holdback without the expiry of liens.

Section

87.4, dealing with transition connected to the commencement of amendments to

the Act made by the Building Ontario For You Act (Budget

Measures), 2024 , is amended by adding a separate transition rule for

project agreements referred to in subsection 1.1 (1) and to make adjustments to

the transition rules respecting amendments made to

section 31.

4. Transitional

regulation-making authority in

section 88 is made more generally applicable and

is transferred from the Lieutenant Governor in Council to the Minister. A

definition of “Minister” is added to subsection 1 (1) and other complementary

amendments are made to the Act for the purpose.

The

substantive amendments are to come into force at the same time as related

amendments to the Act made by the Building Ontario For You

Act (Budget Measures), 2024 .

SCHEDULE 3

DEVELOPMENT CHARGES ACT, 1997

New

section 5.3 of the Development Charges Act, 1997

provides special rules respecting the determination of the estimate for the

increase in the need for the class required by new subsection 7 (3.1).

New

subsection 7 (3.1) of the Act requires a development charge by-law that imposes

development charges in respect of capital costs described in paragraph 1 of

subsection 5 (3) to provide for a class consisting only of those capital costs,

subject to certain exceptions.

Section

10 of the Act currently requires councils to complete a development charge

background study before passing a development charge by-law. New subsection 10

(5) requires the council to give a copy of the background study to the Minister

upon request, by the deadline specified in the request.

New

subsection 13 (5) of the Act requires the council of a municipality to give a

copy of a development charge by-law passed by the municipality to the Minister

on request, by the deadline specified in the request.

Section

35 of the Act currently provides that the money in a reserve fund established

for a service may be spent on capital costs determined under paragraphs 2 to 7

of subsection 5 (1). New subsection 35 (1.1) provides that such money in a

reserve fund may be spent on the capital costs of that service described in

paragraph 1 of subsection 5 (3), provided the costs are ones determined under

paragraphs 2 to 7 of subsection 5 (1) that are not paid for with money in the

reserve fund established for a class required by subsection 7 (3.1).

Subsection

43 (1) of the Act currently requires the treasurer of a municipality to give

the council a financial statement each year on or before such date as the

council of the municipality may direct. The subsection is amended to require

the treasurer to give the statement on or before June 30 of the year.

Subsection 43 (3) of the Act currently requires the treasurer to give a copy of

the financial statement to the Minister on request. The subsection is amended

to require the treasurer to give the copy no later than July 15 of the year in

which the statement is provided to council.

New

subsection 59 (2.2) of the Act requires municipalities to establish local

service policies for each service referred to in subsection 2 (4) in respect of

which a by-law imposes a development charge and in respect of which some part

of the service will be provided as a local service in accordance with

subsection 59 (2). New subsections 59 (2.3) and (2.4) set out the required and

optional content, respectively, of a local service policy. New subsection 59

(2.5) provides that subsection 59 (2) applies in respect of a work for the

provision of a local service only to the extent the work is identified as being

intended to be a work for the provision of a local service in a local service

policy. An exception is provided in new subsection 59 (2.6). New subsection 59

(2.7) sets out an application rule respecting subsection 59 (2.5). New

subsection 59 (2.8) provides for the giving of copies of local service policies

to the Minister, and new subsections 59 (2.9) to (2.11) set out requirements

respecting the regular review of local service policies by municipalities.

SCHEDULE 4

GO TRANSIT STATION FUNDING ACT, 2023

The

GO Transit Station Funding Act, 2023 is amended to

permit a transit station charge to be collected in respect of residential

developments and to add related provisions.

SCHEDULE 5

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

The

Schedule amends the Highway Traffic Act . A

section

is added providing that the Minister may require evidence from an applicant for

a licence, permit or certificate respecting the person’s residency in Ontario,

legal status in Canada and ability to work with respect to certain classes of

driver’s licences or vehicles.

new

section sets out situations in which a municipality shall not reduce or

permit a reduction in the number of lanes that are available for use by motor

vehicles and makes changes to the related regulation-making powers. Amendments

are also made respecting the reimbursement of municipalities that provide

support or information respecting the removal or reconfiguration of bicycle

lanes required under the Act.

SCHEDULE 6

LOCAL ROADS BOARDS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Local Roads Boards Act to

enable an owner of prescribed tax-exempt land in a local roads area to

voluntarily pay an amount approved by the Minister to the board of the local

roads area to be spent for the purposes of carrying out work. Other related

amendments are made regarding record-keeping and the submission of such

payments.

SCHEDULE 7

MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001

The

Schedule amends the Municipal Act, 2001 by

providing for the transfer of jurisdiction over water and sewage public

utilities from The Regional Municipality of Peel to the City of Mississauga,

the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon, within their geographic areas.

SCHEDULE 8

ONTARIO WATER RESOURCES ACT

The

Schedule repeals and replaces subsection 53 (6.1) of the Ontario

Water Resources Act to add a scenario in which

section 53 applies;

namely, in the case where more than one sewage works is located on a lot or

parcel of land that is part of an agricultural operation and any of the

following circumstances exist:

1. Any

of the sewage works has a design capacity in excess of 10,000 litres per day.

2. The

sewage works have, in total, a design capacity in excess of 50,000 litres per

day.

3. The

sewage works serving facilities or buildings that are not used as dwellings by

employees of the agricultural operation have, in total, a design capacity in

excess of 10,000 litres per day.

SCHEDULE 9

PHOTO CARD ACT, 2008

The

Photo Card Act, 2008 is amended to provide that the

Minister may require evidence from an applicant for a photo card respecting the

person’s residency in Ontario and legal status in Canada.

SCHEDULE 10

PLANNING ACT

The

Schedule amends the Planning Act .

New

subsection 3 (5.1) of the Act provides that a decision of the Minister, other

than a part of a decision that applies to land in the Greenbelt Area, is not

required to be consistent with policy statements issued under that section.

New

subsection 16 (18.1) of the Act provides that orders under subsection 17 (9) of

the Act apply in certain circumstances, despite paragraph 4 of subsection 16

(18).

Currently,

subsection 28 (2) of the Act permits the council of a local municipality or of

a prescribed upper-tier municipality to pass a by-law designating a community

improvement project area, if there is an official plan in effect in the

municipality that contains provisions relating to community improvement. An

amendment provides that the subsection no longer applies to prescribed

upper-tier municipalities. The regulation-making power under paragraph 22 of

subsection 70.1 (1) of the Act to prescribe upper-tier municipalities for the

purposes of subsection 28 (2) is repealed and Ontario Regulation 221/07 is

revoked as a result.

new subsection 28 (2.1) provides that the council of an upper-tier municipality

may, by by-law, designate any area within the municipality as a community

improvement project area.

Subsection

28 (7.2) currently permits the councils of upper-tier municipalities and of lower-tier

municipalities to make grants or loans to one another for the purpose of

carrying out a community improvement plan. The subsection is amended to remove

the requirement that the municipality making the grant or loan must have an

official plan that contains provisions relating to the making of such grants or

loans.

new subsection 28 (14) provides that by-laws passed by an upper-tier

municipality without planning responsibility that designated a community

improvement project area and adopted a community improvement plan and that were

in effect on the day before the municipality became an upper-tier municipality

without planning responsibility, are deemed to be in effect on the day the new

subsection comes into force.

New

subsections 34 (1.3.1) to (1.3.3) of the Act provide for rules with respect to

reducing minimum standards and increasing maximum standards that are found in

by-laws passed under

section 34. New subsection 34 (1.5.1) sets out related

transition rules.

New

subsections 47 (1.0.0.1) and (1.0.0.2) of the Act provide that orders made

under that

section are not subject to

Part III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006 after the day the subsection takes

effect unless the order is to amend or revoke an order that was made before

that date. Similar amendments are likewise made to the Ontario

Planning and Development Act, 1994 . Subsection 80.1 (2) of the Legislation Act, 2006 is updated to reflect this change.

The

Schedule amends

section 47 of the Act in relation to agreements that the

Minister may require between an owner of specified land and a municipality. New

provisions permit a municipality’s authority to enter into such agreements to

be delegated to certain officers, employees or agents of the municipality, and

provide that the Minister may give direction specifying timelines related to

the agreement and make certain orders if the agreement is not satisfied.

SCHEDULE 11

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT ACT

The

Schedule adds a

section to the Public Transportation and

Highway Improvement Act stating that various things under the Act do not

constitute, and have never constituted, an expropriation or injurious affection

for the purposes of the Expropriations Act or

otherwise at law.

The

Schedule repeals and replaces

section 117 of the Act. The new

section

authorizes the Minister to make regulations respecting the non-application of

standards related to the planning, design, construction, maintenance,

management and operation of specified highways, bridges and associated

structures and works. Regulations may be made to govern the process by which

such non-application is approved and administered.

addition, the new

section 117 of the Act authorizes the making of regulations governing

contracts in respect of the planning, design, construction, maintenance,

management and operation of highways and bridges and related structures and

works. It also allows for regulations requiring the publication or submission

of reports to the Ministry concerning such activities and governing the

publication of information in respect of such reports.

SCHEDULE 12

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT, 2006

The

Schedule amends the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 .

The following are some of the highlights:

1. Subsection

43 (1) of the Act is amended to provide that a notice under the Act shall be

given in a form approved by the Board unless a form is prescribed, in which

case the prescribed form shall be used.

2. New

subsection 48.1 (2) of the Act provides that the requirements under

section

48.1 of the Act do not apply in certain circumstances.

3. New

subsection 58 (1.1) of the Act provides that persistent failure to pay rent on

the date it becomes due and payable is to be determined in accordance with the

regulations, if any. Similar changes are made to

section 94.2 of the Act with

respect to persistent failure to pay regular monthly housing charges on the

date they become due and payable.

4. Clause

77 (8) (

b) of the Act is amended to provide that the Board may make an order

setting aside an order if the prescribed circumstances, conditions or tests

have been satisfied. Similar changes are made to clause 94.10 (8) (

b) of the

Act.

5. Subsection

82 (1) of the Act is re-enacted to remove the content of clause (b). New

paragraphs 4 and 5 of subsection 82 (2) of the Act provide additional

requirements that must be met by a tenant for the purposes of subsection 82

(1) of the Act. These requirements include the requirement to pay half of any

arrears that were claimed in the application. Related transition rules are set

out in subsections 82 (4) and (5) of the Act.

Section

83 of the Act is amended to provide that the power of the Board under clause 83

(1) (

b) of the Act is subject to any prescribed limitations and conditions.

Similar changes are made to clause 94.12 (1) (

b) of the Act.

7. Subsection

209 (2) of the Act is amended to provide that the Board’s power to review

decisions or orders is subject to any prescribed limitations or conditions. New

subsection 209 (3) of the Act provides that a request to review a decision or

order must be submitted within 15 days of the issuance of the decision or

order, unless the Board considers it just and appropriate to extend that time

in the circumstances.

8. New

section 241.5 of the Act provides the Lieutenant Governor in Council with

regulation-making authority necessary or advisable to deal with issues arising

out of amendments to the Act made by the Schedule.

SCHEDULE 13

TORONTO WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION CORPORATION ACT, 2002

Currently,

the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation Act,

2002 provides for the winding up of the Corporation and sets out related

timelines. The

Schedule amends the timelines and certain other procedures

related to winding up.

requirement that has expired for the board to prepare a report about the Act is

also repealed.

SCHEDULE 14

TOWING AND STORAGE SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT, 2021

The

Towing and Storage Safety and Enforcement Act, 2021

is amended to provide that tow operators and vehicle storage operators are not

required to submit to the Director the amount to be charged for each towing

service and vehicle storage service that the operator provides if a regulation

prescribes a maximum amount that may be charged for the service.

SCHEDULE 15

TRANSIT-ORIENTED COMMUNITIES ACT, 2020

The

Schedule amends the Transit-Oriented Communities Act, 2020 .

section is added providing that the Minister may establish an advisory panel. Provisions

are included respecting its functions and composition.

section is added providing that the Minister may require an owner of certain

land designated as transit-oriented community land to enter into agreements

with a municipality addressing such matters as the Minister considers necessary

for the appropriate development of the land. A

section is added requiring municipalities

to designate a person to give to the Minister certain information respecting

land that has been designated as transit-oriented community land and other

related matters.

SCHEDULE 16

WATER AND WASTEWATER PUBLIC CORPORATIONS ACT, 2025

The

Schedule enacts the Water and Wastewater Public

Corporations Act, 2025 .

The

Act confers on the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing the power to

designate, by regulation, a corporation that is incorporated under the Business Corporations Act as a water and wastewater public

corporation to provide water and sewage services on behalf of particular

lower-tier municipalities.

The

Act provides for the duties and powers of a water and wastewater public

corporation, including the power to collect and impose fees or charges.

The

Minister is authorized to make regulations on various subject matters

respecting a water and wastewater public corporation, including the composition

of the board of directors of a corporation, the issuance of shares of a

corporation or the fees or charges that a corporation may or must impose and

collect.

the regulations so provide, a waste and wastewater public corporation must

submit to the Minister a rate plan that establishes the rates to be applied in

determining the fees or charges to be imposed and collected. The Minister has

the power to require the corporation to amend and resubmit a rate plan, to

approve a rate plan that has been submitted or resubmitted by the corporation

or to refuse to approve a rate plan.

The

Lieutenant Governor in Council is authorized to make regulations governing

various aspects of the rate plan or other plans specified by the regulations,

including regulations governing the rates to be established in a rate plan that

the Minister has refused to approve.

Certain

causes of action are extinguished.

Bill 60 2025

Act to amend various Acts and to enact the Water and Wastewater Public

Corporations Act, 2025

CONTENTS

Preamble

Contents

of this Act

Commencement

Short

title

Schedule 1

Building

Transit Faster Act, 2020

Schedule 2

Construction

Act

Schedule 3

Development

Charges Act, 1997

Schedule 4

Transit Station Funding Act, 2023

Schedule 5

Highway

Traffic Act

Schedule 6

Local

Roads Boards Act

Schedule 7

Municipal

Act, 2001

Schedule 8

Ontario

Water Resources Act

Schedule 9

Photo

Card Act, 2008

Schedule 10

Planning

Act

Schedule 11

Public

Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

Schedule 12

Residential

Tenancies Act, 2006

Schedule 13

Toronto

Waterfront Revitalization Corporation Act, 2002

Schedule 14

Towing

and Storage Safety and Enforcement Act, 2021

Schedule 15

Transit-oriented

Communities Act, 2020

Schedule 16

Water

and Wastewater Public Corporations Act, 2025

Preamble

The

Government of Ontario is committed to:

Speeding

up construction of new homes and infrastructure.

Moving

people and goods faster by reducing gridlock and accelerating transit delivery.

Strengthening

oversight of Ontario’s driver’s licensing system, supporting harmonization of

road standards and streamlining processes for the towing industry.

Reducing

delays at the Landlord and Tenant Board to help tenants and landlords reach

resolutions faster.

Therefore,

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Contents

of this Act

1 This Act consists of this section, sections 2 and 3, and

the Schedules to this Act.

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this

section, this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

(2) The

Schedules to this Act come into force as provided in each Schedule.

(3) If

a

Schedule to this Act provides that any of its provisions are to come into

force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, an

order may apply to one or more of those provisions, and orders may be issued at

different times with respect to any of those provisions.

Short

title

3 The

short title of this Act is the Fighting

Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 .

SCHEDULE 1

BUILDING TRANSIT FASTER ACT, 2020

(1) The definition of “immediate danger to construction” in

section

2 of the Building Transit Faster Act, 2020 is

repealed.

(2) Section

2 of the Act is amended by adding the following definition:

“Ministry”

means the ministry of the Minister; (“ministère”)

(1) Section 12 of the Act is amended by striking out “construction”

and substituting “construction, operation or maintenance”.

(2) The

French version of

section 12 of the Act is amended by striking out

“modification” and substituting “transformation”.

The French version of

section 13 of the Act is amended by striking out

“modification” and substituting “transformation”.

Paragraph 4 of

section 14 of the Act is amended by striking out “30 days” and

substituting “15 days”.

Section 17 of the Act is amended by striking out “30 days” and substituting “15

days”.

The French version of subclause 18 (b) (

i) of the Act is amended by striking

out “modifiées” and substituting “transformées”.

Subsection 19 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “30 days” and

substituting “15 days”.

Section 26 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Inspection,

immediate danger

(1) If

the Minister is of the opinion that any of the following things pose an

immediate danger to the health and safety of persons working on the

construction, operation or maintenance of a provincial transit project, the

Minister may enter a property to inspect the thing:

1. A

structure that is on or under transit corridor land or on or under land within

30 metres of such land.

2. A

tree, shrub or hedge that is on or under transit corridor land or on or under

land within 30 metres of such land.

3. Any

other prescribed thing.

(2) A

structure mentioned in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) does not include a building,

road or utility infrastructure, but does include part of a building.

(3) Subsection

(1) applies in the circumstance where work is not occurring on a provincial

transit project, but a thing described in subsection (1) would pose an

immediate danger to the health and safety of persons working on the

construction, operation or maintenance of the provincial transit project if

work were to occur and the Minister is ready to have that work occur.

Subsection 27 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Elimination

of immediate danger

(1) If,

upon inspection, there is a thing described in subsection 26 (1) that, in the

opinion of the Minister, poses an immediate danger to the health and safety of

persons working on the construction, operation or maintenance of a provincial

transit project or would pose such a danger if the circumstances in subsection

26 (3) exist, the Minister may enter the property and remove or otherwise

eliminate the thing.

Subsection 34 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “planning and

constructing” in the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “planning,

constructing, operating and maintaining”.

Subsection 36 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “30 days” and

substituting “15 days”.

Section 52 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Need

for municipal service and right of way access

Metrolinx

may determine that,

(

a) the

construction, operation or maintenance of a provincial transit project requires

municipal service and right of way access in the form of the use, alteration,

relocation, occupation, modification or temporary closure of, or access or

connection to, a municipal highway or municipal right of way; or

(

b) the

construction, operation or maintenance of a provincial transit project requires

municipal service and right of way access in the form of the use, alteration,

relocation or modification of, or access or connection to,

(

i) any

building or infrastructure that is under municipal ownership or control and is related

to sewage works, bridges, tunnels, life safety systems in buildings, water

works, fire hydrants or any other prescribed infrastructure, and

(ii) municipal

services related to that building or infrastructure.

Subsection 57 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “requiring the

municipal service and right of way access” and substituting “requiring the

municipal service and right of way access described in the notice given under

section 53”.

(1) Subsection 59 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following

paragraph:

3. The

Deputy Minister of the Ministry or any other person employed in the Ministry.

(2) Paragraph

3 of subsection 59 (2) of the Act is repealed.

The French version of subsection 77 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out “rendue

une ordonnance” and substituting “pris un arrêté”.

amended by striking out “person prescribed” wherever it appears and

substituting in each case “individual prescribed”.

(2) The

French version of subsubclauses 84 (1) (b) (xii) (

B) and (

C) of the Act are

amended by striking out “la personne prescrite” wherever it appears and

substituting in each case “le particulier prescrit”.

(3) The

French version of subsubclause 84 (1) (b) (xii) (

D) of the Act is amended by

striking out “la personne prescrite en vertu du sous-alinéa (ii) lorsqu’elle”

and substituting “le particulier prescrit en vertu du sous-alinéa (ii)

lorsqu’il”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Fighting

Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 2

CONSTRUCTION ACT

Subsection 1 (1) of the Construction Act is amended

by adding the following definition:

“Minister”

means the Attorney General or such other member of the Executive Council to

whom responsibility for the administration of this Act may be assigned or

transferred under the Executive Council Act ;

(“ministre”)

Subsection 13.2 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “responsible for the

administration of this Act”.

Subsections 13.4 (1) and (2) of the Act are amended by striking out

“responsible for the administration of this Act” wherever it appears.

(1) Subsection 26 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “Not

later than 14 days after the expiry of the lien period under subsection 31 (2)”

at the beginning and substituting “At least 60 days but not later than 74 days

after the date on which the notice of annual release of holdback is published”.

(2) Subsection 26 (5) of the Act is

amended by striking out “payment of a holdback under subsection (4)” and

substituting “payment of the holdback as required under subsection (4)”.

Section 30 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

How

holdback not to be applied

If a

contract or subcontract is abandoned or terminated, a holdback shall not be

applied by any payer toward obtaining services or materials in substitution for

those that were to have been supplied under the contract or subcontract, nor in

payment or satisfaction of any claim against the contractor or subcontractor,

until all liens that may be claimed against that holdback have expired or been

satisfied, discharged or otherwise provided for under this Act.

Subsections 31 (6) and (7) of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

Notice

of termination

(6) No

later than seven days after a contract is terminated, either the owner or the

contractor or other person whose lien is subject to expiry shall publish a

notice of the termination in the prescribed form and manner.

Effect

of notice

(7) If

a notice of termination is published in accordance with subsection (6) in

respect of a contract, the date on which the contract was terminated is, for

the purposes of this section, the date on which the notice was published or, if

more than one notice is published in accordance with that subsection, the date

on which the first of the notices was published.

Validity

of termination

(8) Subsection

(7) does not prevent a person from contesting the validity of a termination.

(1) Subsection 87.4 (5) of the Act, as enacted by

section 31 of

Schedule 4 to the Building Ontario For You Act (Budget

Measures), 2024 , is repealed and the following substituted:

Same

(5) Despite

subsections (4) and 1.1 (2), if a project agreement referred to in subsection

1.1 (1) that was entered into before the day

section 26 of

Schedule 4 to the Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024 came

into force is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection,

section 26 of

this Act, as it read before that day, continues to apply with respect to the

project agreement and the applicable agreement between the special purpose

entity and the contractor.

(2) Subsection

87.4 (6) of the Act, as enacted by

section 31 of

Schedule 4 to the Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024 , is

amended by striking out “section 27 of

Schedule 4 to the Building

Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024 ” and substituting “section 6

of

Schedule 2 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act,

2025 ”.

(1) Clause 88 (1) (

a) of the Act is amended by adding “other than

the matters with respect to which the Minister may make regulations under

subsection (2)” at the end.

(2) Subsection

88 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Minister’s

regulations

(2) The

Minister may make regulations,

(

a) prescribing

project agreements for the purposes of subsection 87.4 (5);

(

b) providing

for such transitional matters as the Minister considers necessary or advisable

in connection with the implementation of amendments to this Act.

Building

Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024

(1) Section 27 of

Schedule 4 to the Building

Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024 is repealed.

(2) Subsection

32 (6) of

Schedule 4 to the Building Ontario For You Act

(Budget Measures), 2024 is repealed.

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Fighting Delays, Building

Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Sections

4 to 7 come into force on the later of the day

section 26 of

Schedule 4 to the Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024

comes into force and the day the Fighting

Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 3

DEVELOPMENT CHARGES ACT, 1997

The Development Charges Act, 1997 is amended by

adding the following section:

Land

acquisition class

Definition

5.3

(1) In this

section,

“land

acquisition class” means the class required by subsection 7 (3.1).

Provision

does not apply

(2) Paragraph

4 of subsection 5 (1) does not apply in determining the estimate for the

increase in the need for the land acquisition class.

Applicable

restriction

(3) For

the purposes of

section 5, the estimate for the increase in the need for the

land acquisition class shall not include an increase in the need for service

that relates to a time after the 10-year period immediately following the

preparation of the background study unless the estimate is in relation to a

service set out in paragraph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 or 10 of subsection 2 (4).

(1) Subsection 7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “A

development charge” at the beginning and substituting “Subject to subsection

(3.1), a development charge”.

(2) Section

7 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Land

acquisition

(3.1) A

development charge by-law that imposes development charges in respect of

capital costs described in paragraph 1 of subsection 5 (3) shall provide for a

class consisting only of those capital costs, but that class is not required to

include capital costs in respect of services described in paragraphs 6 and 6.1

of subsection 2 (4).

Section 10 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Copy

to Minister

(5) The

council shall give a copy of the background study to the Minister of Municipal

Affairs and Housing on request, by the deadline specified in the request.

Section 13 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Copy

to Minister

(5) The

council shall give a copy of the by-law to the Minister of Municipal Affairs

and Housing on request, by the deadline specified in the request.

Section 35 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Exception

(1.1) In

addition to the uses permitted by subsection (1), the money in a reserve fund

established for a service may be spent on the capital costs of that service

described in paragraph 1 of subsection 5 (3) provided the costs are ones

determined under paragraphs 2 to 7 of subsection 5 (1) that are not paid for

with money in the reserve fund established for a class required by subsection 7

(3.1).

(1) Subsection 43 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “such

date as the council of the municipality may direct” and substituting “June 30

of the year”.

(2) Subsection

43 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “on request” at the end and

substituting “no later than July 15 of the year in which the statement was

provided to the council”.

(1) Subsection 59 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “to

construct a service related to development” and substituting “to construct a

work for the provision of a service related to development”.

(2) Subsection

59 (2) of the Act is amended,

(

a) by

striking out “A condition” at the beginning and substituting “Subject to

subsection (2.5), a condition”; and

(

b) by

striking out “local services” wherever it appears and substituting in each case

“works for the provision of local services”.

(3) Section

59 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Local

service policy

(2.2) A

municipality shall establish a local service policy for each service

referred to in subsection 2 (4) in respect of which a by-law imposes a

development charge and in respect of which some part of the service will be

provided as a local service in accordance with subsection (2).

Same,

required content

(2.3) The

local service policy shall identify works or classes of works related to

development that are intended to be works for the provision of local services.

Same,

optional content

(2.4) The

local service policy may identify,

(

a) works

or classes of works related to development that are not intended to be works

for the provision of local services; and

(

b) works

or classes of works related to development of which only one or more parts of

the works are intended to be works for the provision of local services.

Same,

application of subs. (2)

(2.5) Subject

to subsection (2.8), subsection (2) applies in respect of a work for the

provision of a local service only to the extent the work is identified as being

intended to be a work for the provision of a local service in the local service

policy of the applicable municipality.

Same,

exception

(2.6) Subsection

(2.5) does not apply in respect of a work for the provision of a local service

if the service is one in respect of which no development charge by-law in force

in the municipality imposes a development charge.

Same,

application

(2.7) Subsection

(2.5) applies in respect of a municipality on the earlier of,

(

a) the

day that is 18 months after the day subsection 7 (3) of

Schedule 3 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act,

2025 comes into force; and

(

b) the

day the municipality establishes the local service policy required by

subsection (2.2).

Copy

to Minister

(2.8) The

municipality shall give a copy of the local service policy to the Minister of

Municipal Affairs and Housing on request, by the deadline specified in the

request.

Regular

review of policy

(2.9) If

a local service policy has been established in a municipality, the municipality

shall ensure that a review of the policy is undertaken to determine the need

for a revision of the policy.

Resolution

re need for revision

(2.10) After

conducting a review under subsection (2.9), the council shall pass a resolution

declaring whether a revision to the local service policy is needed.

Timing

of review

(2.11) A

resolution under subsection (2.10) shall be passed at the time any development

charge by-law is passed after the municipality has established a local service

policy required by subsection (2.2).

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Fighting

Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 4

GO TRANSIT STATION FUNDING ACT, 2023

The GO Transit Station Funding Act, 2023 is amended

by adding the following sections:

Residential

development, when charge may be payable

7.1

(1) Despite

section 7, a transit station charge by-law may provide that a transit station

charge in respect of any part of a development that consists of residential

development shall be paid in full on the earlier of,

(

a) the

day a permit is issued under the Building Code Act, 1992

authorizing occupation of the building; and

(

b) the

day the building is first occupied.

Financial

security

(2) If

a transit station charge by-law provides that a transit station charge shall be

paid in accordance with subsection (1), the municipality that imposes the

transit station charge may require the person required to pay the charge to

provide an instrument to be used to secure the payment of the transit station

charge, subject to any prescribed limitations.

Notice

of occupation

(3) A

person required to pay a transit station charge referred to in subsection

(1) shall, unless the occupation of the building in respect of which the transit

station charge is required is authorized by a permit under the Building Code Act, 1992 , notify the municipality within

five business days of the building first being occupied.

Determination

of transit station charge at occupancy

7.2 The transit station

charge referred to in

section 7.1 is the transit station charge that would be

determined under a transit station charge by-law on ,

(

a) the

day an application for an approval of development in a site plan control area

under subsection 41 (4) of the Planning Act or

subsection 114 (5) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006

was made in respect of the development that is the subject of the transit

station charge;

(

b) if

clause (

a) does not apply, the day an application for an amendment to a by-law

passed under

section 34 of the Planning Act was

made in respect of the development that is the subject of the transit station

charge; or

(

c) if

neither clause (

a) nor clause (

b) applies, the day the transit station charge

would be payable in accordance with

section 7 if

section 7.1 did not apply.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Fighting

Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 5

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

Subsection 1 (9) of the Highway Traffic Act is

repealed.

Part I of the Act is amended by adding the following section:

Requirements

for applicant

5.5

(1) The

Minister may require, as a condition for considering an application for the

issuance or renewal of, or any change to, a licence, permit or certificate

under this Act, that the applicant, in addition to fulfilling any other

requirement imposed under this or any other Act, provide evidence satisfactory

to the Minister that,

(

a) the

person is a resident of Ontario;

(

b) the

person’s presence in Canada is in accordance with the laws governing a person’s

legal presence in Canada; and

(

c) where

the application is in relation to a prescribed class of driver’s licence or prescribed class of motor vehicle, the person is

legally able to work in Canada as a holder of that class of driver’s licence and

as a driver of that class of motor vehicle.

Regulations

(2) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing classes of

drivers’ licences and motor vehicles for the purposes of clause (1) (c).

The heading to

Part XII.1 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

PART XII.1

ROADWAY CAPACITY

The definition of “adjacent infrastructure” in

section 195.2 of the Act is

amended by striking out “features” and substituting “measures”.

Section 195.3 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Prohibition

re reduction of lanes

195.3

(1) Except

as permitted by the regulations, a municipality shall not, by by-law or

otherwise, reduce or permit a reduction in the number of marked lanes available

for travel by motor vehicles on a highway or a portion of a highway under the

municipality’s jurisdiction and control for any of the following purposes:

1. A

bicycle lane.

2. Any

other prescribed purpose.

Transition

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply in respect of a purpose set out in that subsection if, on

the day before the purpose is prohibited under subsection (1), a contract has

already been awarded or entered into for the construction or installation of

any thing, or the marking of a highway, in respect of a purpose described in

subsection (1), or, if the construction, installation or marking is to be done

by the municipality and not by any party under contract, such work has already

commenced.

Section 195.9 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Reimbursement

195.9

(1) If the

Minister requested support or information from a municipality under subsection

195.8 (1) and the municipality provided such support or information, the

Minister may reimburse the municipality for the reasonable costs it incurred in

doing so.

reimbursement or compensation

(2) For

greater certainty, the Minister is not required to reimburse or compensate the

municipality for any costs other than those described in subsection (1),

including costs the municipality incurred to install the bicycle lanes.

Particulars

(3) To

support its claim for reimbursement under subsection (1), the municipality may

be required to provide the Ministry with the particulars of the costs it

reasonably incurred to carry out the request made under subsection 195.8 (1).

Clause 195.10 (1) (

b) of the Act is repealed.

Clauses 195.18 (1) (a), (

b) and (

c) of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

(

a) governing

when the prohibition set out in subsection 195.3 (1) does not apply, including,

(

i) prescribing

highways, parts of highways and areas to which the prohibition does not apply,

(ii) providing

that the prohibition does not apply in respect of a purpose set out in

subsection 195.3 (1),

(iii) prescribing

any other circumstances in which the prohibition does not apply, and

(iv) prescribing

conditions, criteria or requirements that must be satisfied in relation to

subclause (i), (ii) or (iii);

(

b) prescribing

other purposes for the purposes of paragraph 2 of subsection 195.3 (1);

(

c) prescribing

municipalities for the purposes of subsection 195.4 (1);

(

d) governing

the information that may be required by the Minister under subsection 195.4 (1).

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Fighting

Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 6

LOCAL ROADS BOARDS ACT

Section 1 of the Local Roads Boards Act is amended

by adding the following definition:

“Ministry”

means the ministry of the Minister; (“ministère”)

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Voluntary

payments re tax-exempt lands

19.1

(1) If an owner

of prescribed land in a local roads area wishes to make a payment to the

relevant board to be spent for the purposes of carrying out work described in

section 33, the owner may request approval from the Minister in respect of the

amount.

Tax-exempt

land

(2) Land

shall not be prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) unless it is land

that is exempt from taxation in accordance with

section 19.

Payment

(3) If

an owner mentioned in subsection (1) receives the Minister’s approval, the

owner may make the payment to the board.

Regulations

(4) The

Minister may make regulations,

(

a) prescribing

land for the purposes of subsection (1);

(

b) governing

an approvals process for the purposes of subsection (1), which may include

specifying criteria for the Minister to consider when determining whether to

approve an amount.

Subsection 25 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Local

Roads Tax Register

(1) The

secretary-treasurer shall keep a register, to be known as the Local Roads Tax

Register, in which the secretary-treasurer shall set down,

(

a) the

name and address in full of every person in the local roads area assessed and

taxed under this Act, a brief description of the land in respect of which such

person is taxed, the amount of its assessment and taxation in each year, the

amount of taxes paid from time to time and the balance of unpaid taxes, if any;

and

(

b) the

name and address in full of every person who has paid any amount under subsection

19.1 (3), a brief description of the land in respect of which such payment was

made, the amount paid and the date on which payment was made.

Section 30 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Remission

to Minister

The

secretary-treasurer shall remit to the Minister an amount equal to the total of,

(

a) the

amount of the tax money received by the secretary-treasurer from the owners of

land within the local roads area less the amount required to defray the

incidental expenses and administrative costs of the secretary-treasurer and of

the board; and

(

b) the

amount of the money received by the secretary-treasurer under subsection 19.1

(3).

Section 38 of the Act is repealed.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force the day the Fighting

Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 7

MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001

(1) Items 4b and 4d of the Table to

section 11 of the Municipal Act, 2001 are amended by striking out “Peel”

under the heading “Upper-tier Municipality(ies) to which Part of Sphere

Assigned”.

(2) Item

4f of the Table to

section 11 of the Act is amended by adding “and Peel” after

“except counties” under the heading “Upper-tier Municipality(ies) to which Part

of Sphere Assigned”.

(3) Item

4h of the Table to

section 11 of the Act is amended by striking out “Peel”

under the heading “Upper-tier Municipality(ies) to which Part of Sphere

Assigned”.

The Act is amended by adding the following

section immediately after the

heading “Public Utilities”:

Transfer

of jurisdiction re The Regional Municipality of Peel

(1) The

jurisdiction of The Regional Municipality of Peel over water and sewage public

utilities is transferred to the City of Mississauga,

the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon within their geographic areas ,

(

a) on

the date prescribed by the Minister; or

(

b) if

no date is prescribed before January 1, 2029, on that day.

transfer to lower-tier municipality

(2) Despite

section 189, The Regional Municipality of Peel shall not pass a by-law to

transfer jurisdiction over water and sewage public utilities from the City of

Mississauga, the City of Brampton or the Town of Caledon to The Regional

Municipality of Peel.

Regulations

(3) The

Minister may make regulations prescribing a date for the purposes of clause (1)

(a).

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Fighting Delays, Building

Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Section

1 comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor in

Council.

SCHEDULE 8

ONTARIO WATER RESOURCES ACT

Subsection 53 (6.1) of the Ontario Water Resources Act

is repealed and the following substituted:

Application

of exception in subs. (6) (a)

(6.1) Despite clause (6) (a), this

section applies to sewage works described in that clause if,

(

a) the

sewage works are not located wholly within the boundaries of the lot or parcel

of land on which is located the facility, building or buildings served by the

works;

(

b) in

the case of a single sewage works located on a lot or parcel of land, the

sewage works has a design capacity in excess of 10,000 litres per day;

(

c) in

the case of more than one sewage works located on a lot or parcel of land that

is not part of an agricultural operation,

(

i) any

of the sewage works has a design capacity in excess of 10,000 litres per day,

(ii) the

sewage works have, in total, a design capacity in excess of 10,000 litres per

day; or

(

d) in

the case of more than one sewage works located on a lot or parcel of land that

is part of an agricultural operation,

(

i) any

of the sewage works has a design capacity in excess of 10,000 litres per day,

(ii) the

sewage works have, in total, a design capacity in excess of 50,000 litres per

day, or

(iii) the

sewage works serving facilities or buildings that are not used as dwellings by

employees of the agricultural operation have, in total, a design capacity in

excess of 10,000 litres per day.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 9

PHOTO CARD ACT, 2008

The Photo Card Act, 2008 is amended by adding the

following section:

Requirements

for applicant

4 The Minister may require, as a condition for

considering an application for the issuance or renewal of, or any change to, a

photo card, that the applicant, in addition to fulfilling any other requirement

imposed under this or any other Act, provide evidence satisfactory to the

Minister that,

(

a) the

person is a resident of Ontario; and

(

b) the

person’s presence in Canada is in accordance with the laws governing a person’s

legal presence in Canada.

Clause 23 (

c) of the Act is repealed.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Fighting

Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 10

PLANNING ACT

Section 3 of the Planning Act is amended by adding

the following subsections:

Same,

exception

(5.1) Despite

clause (5) (a), a decision of the Minister, other than a part of a decision

that applies to land in the Greenbelt Area, is not required to be consistent

with the policy statements issued under subsection (1).

Same,

retroactive effect

(5.2) For

greater certainty, subsection (5.1) applies to decisions that were made before

the day

section 1 of

Schedule 10 to the Fighting Delays,

Building Faster Act, 2025 came into force and, for that purpose,

references in subsection (5.1) to clause (5) (

a) include references to the

predecessors of that clause.

(1) Paragraph 4 of subsection 16 (18) of the Act is amended by

striking out “Amends or revokes” at the beginning and substituting “Except as

provided for in subsection (18.1), amends or revokes”.

(2) Section

16 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same,

exception

(18.1) Despite

paragraph 4 of subsection (18), an order under subsection 17 (9) does apply to

an amendment to an official plan if,

(

a) the

only policies described in subsection (15) or (16) that are amended or revoked

by the amendment are policies that identify the authorized uses of land,

buildings or structures in the protected major transit station area; and

(

b) residential

use would be authorized on all of the land subject to the amendment that is

within the protected major transit station area if the amendment came into

effect as adopted.

(1) Subsection 28 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “or in a

prescribed upper-tier municipality”.

(2) Section

28 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same,

upper-tier municipality

(2.1) The

council of an upper-tier municipality may, by by-law, designate the whole or

part of any area within the upper-tier municipality as a community improvement

project area.

(3) Subsection 28 (3) of the Act is

amended by adding “or (2.1)” after “subsection (2)”.

(4) Subsection

28 (4) of the Act is amended by adding “or (2.1)” after “subsection (2)”.

(5) Subsection

28 (7.2) of the Act is amended by striking out “but only if the official plan

of the municipality making the grant or loan contains provisions relating to

the making of such grants or loans” at the end.

(6) Section

28 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Revival

of community improvement project area and community improvement plan

(14) If

an upper-tier municipality without planning responsibility had passed by-laws

that designated a community improvement project area under subsection (2) and

adopted a community improvement plan under subsection (4) and both of those

by-laws were in effect as of the day before the municipality became an

upper-tier municipality without planning responsibility, those by-laws are

deemed to be in effect on the day subsection 3 (6) of

Schedule 10 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 comes into

force and may be amended or repealed in accordance with this section.

(1) Section 34 of the Act is amended by adding the following

subsections:

Provision

re minimum standards

(1.3.1) A

minimum standard that is found in a zoning by-law passed under this

section may

be reduced by the prescribed percentage of the minimum standard, if the type of

minimum standard is prescribed.

Same

(1.3.2) Subsection

(1.3.1) does not apply to a minimum setback distance.

Provision

re maximum standards

(1.3.3) A

maximum standard that is found in a zoning by-law passed under this

section may

be increased by the prescribed percentage of the maximum standard, if the type

of maximum standard is prescribed.

(2) Subsection

34 (1.5) of the Act is amended by striking out “Subsection (1.4) does not

apply” at the beginning and substituting “Subsections (1.3.1), (1.3.3) and

(1.4) do not apply”.

(3) Section

34 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same,

transition

(1.5.1) Despite

any subsequent changes to a minimum or maximum standard as a result of any

changes to a percentage prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1.3.1) or

(1.3.3), the minimum or maximum standard, as the case may be, in respect of a

building, structure or parcel of land shall be determined in accordance with

the following:

1. In

the case of a building or structure, or parcel of land on which a building or

structure is located, for which a permit was required under subsection 8 (1) of

the Building Code Act, 1992 , the minimum or maximum

standard in respect of the building, structure or parcel of land is the minimum

or maximum standard on the day a permit was issued under subsection 8 (2) of

that Act where the permit was not revoked under subsection 8 (10) of that Act.

2. In

all other cases, the minimum or maximum standard in respect of a building,

structure or parcel of land is the minimum or maximum standard on the day the

lawful use of the building, structure or parcel of land was established.

(1) Section 47 of the Act is amended by adding the following

subsections:

Non-application

of Legislation Act, 2006 ,

Part III

(1.0.0.1)

Part

III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006 does

not apply to an order made under subsection (1) on or after the day subsection

5 (1) of

Schedule 10 to the Fighting Delays, Building

Faster Act, 2025 comes into effect.

Same,

exception

(1.0.0.2) Subsection

(1.0.0.1) does not apply to an order to amend or revoke an order that was made

under subsection (1) before the day subsection 5 (1) of

Schedule 10 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 came into

effect.

Publication

(1.0.0.3) An

order made under subsection (1) on or after the day subsection 5 (1) of

Schedule 10 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act,

2025 comes into effect shall be published on a website of the government

of Ontario.

(2) Subsections

47 (1.1) to (1.3) of the Act are repealed.

(3) Section

47 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Delegate

of municipality

(4.3.1) A

municipality’s authority to enter into agreements referred to in clause (4.3)

(

b) may be delegated to an officer, employee or agent of the municipality who

has been appointed for the purposes of subsection 41 (4) of this Act or

subsection 114 (5) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 .

(4) Subsection

47 (4.6) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at end of clause (a), by

adding “or” at the end of clause (

b) and by adding the following clause:

(

c) specify

timelines for entering into an agreement required under clause (4.3) (

b) and

for the resolution of matters required by such an agreement.

(5) Section

47 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Agreement

not satisfied

(4.9.1) If

the Minister is of the opinion that any part of an agreement entered into under

clause (4.3) (

b) has not been satisfied, the Minister may make an order,

(

a) deeming

one or more terms or conditions of the agreement to be satisfied, or to be of

no force and effect, as the case may be; or

(

b) requiring

either the owner of land or a municipality to make a motion for directions to

have the Tribunal determine a dispute about any part of the agreement.

Final

determination

(4.9.2) The

Tribunal’s determination under clause (4.9.1) (

b) is not subject to appeal or

review.

(6) Subsection

47 (4.10) of the Act is amended by adding “or an order made by the Minister

under subsection (4.9.1)” at the end.

Paragraph 22 of subsection 70.1 (1) of the Act is repealed.

Legislation

Act, 2006

Subsection 80.1 (2) of the Legislation Act, 2006 is

repealed and the following substituted:

Exception

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply in respect of an order to amend or revoke an order that was made

under

section 17 of the Ontario Planning and Development

Act, 1994 ,

section 47 of the Planning Act or

a predecessor of either of those sections, before the day

section 7 of

Schedule

10 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025

came into effect.

Ontario

Planning and Development Act, 1994

Section 17 of the Ontario Planning and Development Act,

1994 is amended by adding the following subsections:

Non-application

of Legislation Act, 2006 ,

Part III

(1.1) Part

III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006 does

not apply to an order made under subsection (1) on or after the day

section 8 of

Schedule 10 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act,

2025 comes into effect.

Same,

exception

(1.2) Subsection

(1.1) does not apply to an order to amend or revoke an order that was made

under subsection (1) before the day

section 8 of

Schedule 10 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 came into

effect.

Publication

(1.3) An

order made under subsection (1) on or after the day

section 8 of

Schedule 10 to

the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 comes

into effect shall be published on a website of the Government of Ontario.

Revocation

Ontario Regulation 221/07 (Community Improvement Plans – Prescribed Upper-Tier

Municipalities) made under the Act is revoked.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Fighting

Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 11

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT ACT

The Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

is amended by adding the following section:

expropriation or injurious affection

(1) Nothing

referred to in subsection (2) constitutes, and is deemed never to have

constituted, an expropriation or injurious affection for the purposes of the Expropriations Act or otherwise at law.

Same

(2) Subsection

(1) applies in respect of,

(

a) the

exercise of the power conferred by

section 6;

(

b) the

making of a designation under subsection 7 (1), 36 (1) or 40 (1);

(

c) the

authorization of a person under subsection 30 (8) and any subsequent authorized

action of the person;

(

d) a

prohibition or restriction of the activities described in subsection 34 (2),

the making of a direction under subsection 34 (3), (6) or (8) and the

authorization of a person under subsection 34 (9) or (11) and any subsequent

authorized action of the person, in relation to the King’s Highway;

(

e) a

prohibition or restriction of the activities described in subsection 38 (2),

the making of a direction under subsection 38 (5) or (7) and the authorization

of a person under subsection 38 (8) and any subsequent authorized action of the

person, in relation to a controlled access highway; and

(

f) the

refusal to issue a permit, the cancellation of a permit or the imposition of a

term or condition on a permit under subsection 34 (16) or 38 (11).

Subsection 112 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “for a warrant in the

Form under this Act” and substituting “for a warrant in a form approved by the

Minister”.

Section 117 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Standards

Regulations

(1) The

Minister may make regulations,

(

a) establishing

standards for,

(

i) the

planning, design, construction, maintenance, management and operation of

highways and bridges and related structures and works,

(ii) the

construction, maintenance and operation of rapid transit and public

transportation systems,

(iii) the

safety and mobility of people and goods,

(iv) the

measurement and assessment of technical standards in connection with a matter

described in subclause (i), (ii) or (iii);

(

b) providing

for and governing the non-application of a standard established under subclause

(a) (

i) in respect of specified highways, bridges, structures or works,

including,

(

i) establishing

a process for requesting that a standard not apply, and

(ii) governing

the approval of such requests, including authorizing the Minister to,

(

A) determine

whether an approval should be issued, and

(

B) impose

conditions and restrictions on approvals,

(iii) governing

the determination of whether to issue an approval, which may include

establishing criteria that must be met,

(iv) requiring

notice of an approval to be given;

(

c) governing

contracts in respect of the planning, design, construction, maintenance,

management and operation of highways and bridges and related structures and

works, including,

(

i) deeming

certain terms or conditions to be included in the contracts,

(ii) requiring

the contracts or the parties to each contract to include certain terms or

conditions specified in the regulations,

(iii) prohibiting

the contracts or the parties to each contract from including certain terms or

conditions specified in the regulations, and

(iv) specifying

remedies for the parties resulting from non-compliance;

(

d) requiring

reports to be published or submitted to the Ministry in respect of activities

described in clause (

a) and specifying the content, format and frequency of

such reports;

(

e) authorizing

the Minister to publish information in respect of reports required under clause

(d).

Minister

may require technical advice

(2) Before

or after a standard is established under clause (1) (a), the Minister may

require persons with technical expertise or industry experience with an

activity described in clause (1) (a), municipalities, local boards and other

stakeholders to provide information and advice regarding the standard or

proposed standard.

The Form at the end of the Act is repealed.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Fighting

Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 12

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT, 2006

Subsection 43 (1) of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

is amended by striking out the portion before clause (

a) and substituting the

following:

Notice

of termination

(1) Where

this Act permits a landlord or tenant to give a notice of termination, the

notice shall be in a form approved by the Board, unless the form of the notice

is prescribed in which case the notice shall be in the prescribed form, and

shall,

. . . .

(1) Section 48.1 of the Act is

amended by adding “Subject to subsection (2)” at the beginning.

(2) Section

48.1 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(2) The

requirement to compensate a tenant or to offer the tenant another rental unit

under subsection (1) does not apply if a landlord gives notice to a tenant

under

section 48 that meets the following criteria:

1. The

notice is given on or after the day subsection 2 (2) of

Schedule 12 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 comes into

force.

2. The

date for termination specified in the notice is at least 120 days after the

notice is given.

3. The

date for termination specified in the notice is the day a period of the tenancy

ends or, where the tenancy is for a fixed term, the end of the term.

Section 58 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Persistent

late payment

(1.1) For

the purposes of paragraph 1 of subsection (1), what constitutes a persistent

failure to pay rent on the date it becomes due and payable shall be determined

in accordance with the regulations, if any.

Subsection 59 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Non-payment

of rent

(1) If

a tenant fails to pay rent lawfully owing under a tenancy agreement, the

landlord may give the tenant notice of termination of the tenancy effective not

earlier than the 7th day after the notice is given.

Clause 77 (8) (

b) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(

b) make

an order setting aside the order under subsection (4), if the prescribed

circumstances, conditions or tests have been satisfied; or

(1) Subsection 82 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Tenant

issues

(1) At

a hearing of an application by a landlord under

section 69 for an order

terminating a tenancy and evicting a tenant based on a notice of termination

under

section 59, the Board shall permit the tenant to raise any issue that

could be the subject of an application made by the tenant under this Act if the

tenant complies with the requirements set out in subsection (2).

(2) Subsection

82 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

4. Unless

the regulations provide otherwise, the tenant shall pay the following amounts

to the landlord or, if the regulations so provide, into the Board:

i. Half

of any rent arrears that were claimed in the application when it was filed.

ii. Such

other amounts as may be prescribed.

5. The

amounts specified in paragraph 4 shall be paid before the hearing and in

accordance with any prescribed timelines.

(3) Subsection

82 (4) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Transition

(4) Subsection

(1), as it read immediately before the day s ubsection 6

(1) of

Schedule 12 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster

Act, 2025 came into force , continues to apply to any application

described in subsection (1) that was made before that day and has not been

finally determined before that day, even if the hearing of the application is

on or after that day.

(4) Section

82 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(5) Subsection

(2), as it read the day before day subsection 6 (2) of

Schedule 12 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 came into

force, continues to apply to any application described in subsection (1) that

was made before that day and has not been finally determined before that day,

even if the hearing of the application is on or after that day.

Clause 83 (1) (

b) of the Act is amended by adding “subject to any prescribed

limitations or conditions” at the beginning.

Section 94.2 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Persistent

late payment

(2.1) For

the purposes of paragraph 1 of subsection (1), what constitutes a persistent

failure to pay the regular monthly housing charges on the date they became due

and payable shall be determined in accordance with the regulations, if any.

Clause 94.10 (8) (

b) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(

b) make

an order setting aside the order under subsection (4), if the prescribed

circumstances, conditions or tests have been satisfied; or

Clause 94.12 (1) (

b) of the Act is amended by adding “subject to any prescribed

limitations or conditions” at the beginning.

Subsection 209 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power

to review

(2) The

power of the Board to review all or part of its decision or order under

section

21.2 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act is

subject to any prescribed limitations or conditions.

Timing

of review

(3) A

request to review all or part of a decision or order of the Board shall be

submitted within 15 days of the issuance of the decision or order, unless the

Board considers it just and appropriate in the circumstances to extend the time

to request the review.

Transition

(4) Subsection

(3) applies only to a decision or order that is made on or after the day

section 11 of

Schedule 12 to the Fighting Delays, Building

Faster Act, 2025 comes into force.

(1) Subsection 241 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following

paragraph:

13.0.2 prescribing

rules and guidelines for determining what constitutes a persistent failure to

pay rent on the date it becomes due and payable for the purposes of paragraph 1

of subsection 58 (1.1);

(2) Subsection

241 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

13.0.3 prescribing

circumstances, conditions or tests for the purposes of clause 77 (8) (b);

(3) Subsection

241 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

13.0.4 for

the purposes of subsection 82 (2),

i. prescribing

the circumstances in which paragraph 4 does not apply,

ii. prescribing

the circumstances in which the tenant is permitted or required to provide

payments described in paragraph 4 into the Board, including providing that the

Board may make an order permitting or requiring the tenant to make such

payments into the Board,

iii. prescribing

additional amounts for the purposes of subparagraph 4 ii, and

iv. prescribing

timelines for the purposes of paragraph 5.

(4) Subsection

241 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

13.0.5 prescribing

limitations or conditions for the purposes of clause 83 (1) (b), including

setting out factors that the Board must consider in determining whether to

exercise its power under that clause;

(5) Subsection

241 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

13.2 prescribing

rules and guidelines for determining what constitutes a persistent failure to

pay the regular monthly housing charges on the date they became due and payable

for the purposes of paragraph 1 of subsection 94.2 (1);

(6) Subsection

241 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

13.3 prescribing

limitations or conditions for the purposes of clause 94.12 (1) (b), including

setting out factors that the Board must consider in determining whether to

exercise its power under that clause;

Subsection 241.1 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

3.0.1 prescribing

forms of notices for the purposes of subsection 43 (1);

. . . .

3.3 prescribing

limitations or conditions for the purposes of subsection 209 (2), including

setting out factors that the Board must consider before it decides whether to

conduct a review;

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Transition

regulations, Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025

241.5

(1) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations governing transitional

matters that, in the opinion of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, are

necessary or advisable to deal with issues arising out of the amendments to

this Act made by

Schedule 12 to the Fighting Delays,

Building Faster Act, 2025 .

Same

(2) A

regulation made under subsection (1) may,

(

a) provide

that, despite the coming into force of a provision of this Act as enacted by

Schedule 12 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act,

2025 , the provision does not take effect in all or part of the province

until the date specified in the regulation;

(

b) provide

that a provision of this Act, as it reads immediately before the commencement

date of its amendment, repeal or re-enactment by

Schedule 12 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 , continues to

apply, for a specified period of time and with necessary modifications, to

specified things or in specified circumstances;

(

c) govern

the application of provisions of this Act to proceedings before a court or the

Board in which a claim is made relating to amendments to this Act made by

Schedule 12 to the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act,

2025 and which were commenced before the commencement date of the

amendment.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 13

TORONTO WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION CORPORATION ACT, 2002

Subsection 5 (8) of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization

Corporation Act, 2002 is repealed.

2 (1) Subsection 13 (1) of the Act

is amended by striking out “on or after the 20th anniversary of the date on

which

section 2 comes into force” and substituting “on or promptly after May

15, 2035”.

(2) Clause

13 (2) (

a) of the Act is amended by striking out “if the Lieutenant Governor in

Council” at the beginning and substituting “ if, no

later than January 31, 2031, the provincial government ”.

(3) Clause

13 (2) (

b) of the Act is amended by striking out “at least three months before

the 20th anniversary of the date on which

section 2 came into force” and

substituting “ on or before July 15, 2032 ”.

(4) Clause

13 (2) (

c) of the Act is amended by,

(

a) striking

out “the person undertaking”; and

(

b) striking

out “the 25th anniversary of the date on which

section 2 came into force” at

the end and substituting “ May 15, 2040 ”.

(5) Subsection

13 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “promptly after the 25th

anniversary of the date on which

section 2 comes into force” at the end and

substituting “ on or promptly after May 15, 2040 ”.

(6) Section

13 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Timing

(3.1) If

an order under subsection (1) is issued on a day that is after May 15, 2033,

the board of directors shall wind up the affairs of the Corporation no later

than the day that is two years after the day the order is issued.

Consultation

(3.2) The

provincial government shall consult with the federal government and city

council before the Lieutenant Governor in Council issues an order under

subsection (1) or (3).

. . . .

Dissolve

Corporation

(7) When

the winding up of the Corporation is complete, the Lieutenant Governor in

Council may, by order, dissolve the Corporation as of the date specified in the

order.

Section 16 of the Act is repealed.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Fighting

Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 14

TOWING AND STORAGE SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT, 2021

Section 28 of the Towing and Storage Safety and

Enforcement Act, 2021 is amended by adding the following subsection:

Exception

(3.1) Subsection

(3) does not apply in respect of a service if a regulation prescribes the

maximum amount that may be charged for the service.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Fighting

Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 15

TRANSIT-ORIENTED COMMUNITIES ACT, 2020

(1) The Transit-Oriented Communities Act, 2020

is amended by adding the following section:

Advisory

Panel

2.1

(1) The

Minister may establish an advisory panel to be known as the “Transit-Oriented

l’aménagement axé sur les transports en commun” in French.

Appointment

of members

(2) The

Minister may appoint up to four members to the Advisory Panel and may appoint a

chair from among them.

Duties

of Advisory Panel

(3) The

Advisory Panel shall,

(

a) advise

and make recommendations to the Minister in respect of such matters as the Minister

directs related to infrastructure, transit-oriented community projects, land designated

under subsection 2 (1) as transit-oriented community land and other related

matters; and

(

b) perform

any other function that the Minister specifies.

Remuneration

and expenses

(4) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may determine the remuneration and expenses of

any person appointed to the Advisory Panel.

(2) Section

2.1 of the Act is repealed.

The Act is amended by adding the following sections:

Order,

transit-oriented community land

4.2

(1) The

Minister may, by order, require an owner of land designated under subsection 2

(1) as transit-oriented community land to enter into an agreement with a

municipality addressing any matters that the Minister considers necessary for

the appropriate development of the transit-oriented community land.

Notice

to municipality and owner

(2) If,

under subsection (1), the Minister requires an owner of land to enter into an

agreement with a municipality, the Minister shall inform the municipality and

the owner in writing of the matters that the agreement must address and of

specific terms that must be included in the agreement.

Effect

of non-compliance

(3) A

provision of an agreement between a municipality and an owner of land

designated under subsection 2 (1) as transit-oriented community land is of no

effect to the extent that it does not comply with an order made by the Minister

under subsection (1).

Non-application

of Legislation Act, 2006 ,

Part III

(4) Part

III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006 does

not apply to an order made by the Minister under subsection (1).

Report

to Minister

4.3

(1) If any

land within a municipality has been designated under subsection 2 (1) as transit-oriented community land , the municipality

shall designate a municipal officer or employee to give to the Minister such

information as the Minister requests with respect to the implementation of transit-oriented

community projects that are located on the transit-oriented community land or

the status of any other matters respecting the transit-oriented community land.

Same

(2) The

information shall be given to the Minister at the times and in the form

requested by the Minister.

Confidential

or sensitive information

(3) The

Minister may require the information to be delivered in such a manner as to preserve

the confidentiality and security of the information.

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Fighting Delays, Building

Faster Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Subsection

1 (2) comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor

in Council.

SCHEDULE 16

WATER AND WASTEWATER PUBLIC CORPORATIONS ACT, 2025

Definitions

this Act,

“Minister”

means the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing or any other member of the

Executive Council to whom responsibility for the administration of this Act is

assigned or transferred under the Executive Council Act ;

(“ ministre ”)

“water

and sewage services” means, subject to the regulations,

(

a) a

system that is used to provide any of the following services or things for the

public:

(

i) water,

and

(ii) sewage,

as defined in subsection 1 (1) of the Municipal Act, 2001 ,

and

(

b) the

service or thing that is provided; (“services d’eau et d’égout”)

“water

and wastewater public corporation” means a corporation designated under

subsection 2 (1). (“société publique de gestion de l’eau et des eaux usées”)

Designation

of water and wastewater public corporations

(1) The

Minister may, by regulation, designate a corporation as a water and wastewater public

corporation to provide water and sewage services on behalf of the lower-tier

municipalities that are prescribed by the regulations.

Same

(2) A

corporation may be designated for the purposes of subsection (1) only if the

corporation is incorporated under the Business

Corporations Act .

Water

and sewage services

Once a

water and wastewater public corporation has been designated for particular

lower-tier municipalities, the municipalities shall provide water and sewage

services only through that water and wastewater public corporation as of the

date prescribed by the regulations.

Duties

(1) The

duties of a water and wastewater public corporation are,

(

a) to

ensure the safe, reliable and sustainable provision of water and sewage

services in accordance with applicable legislation;

(

b) to

plan, manage, maintain and invest in water and sewage infrastructure to serve

the needs of existing and future users, in a manner that prudently accelerates

growth and protects public health and the environment;

(

c) to

provide safe, reliable and sustainable water and sewage services;

(

d) to

establish rates for the provision of water and sewage services;

(

e) to

comply with any requirements prescribed by the regulations; and

(

f) such

other duties as may be prescribed by the regulations.

Reports

(2) A

water and wastewater public corporation shall submit to the Minister an annual

report, including audited financial statements and such other reports and

information as may be prescribed by the regulations and shall, if required by

the Minister to do so, examine, report and advise on any question respecting

water and sewage services.

Powers

of a water and wastewater public corporation

Without

limiting the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a corporation under the

Business Corporations Act , a water and wastewater

public corporation shall have the following powers:

1. Subject

to the regulations, if any, imposing and collecting fees or charges.

2. Such

other powers as may be prescribed by the regulations.

Debt

(1) Fees

or charges imposed on a person by a water and wastewater public corporation

constitute a debt of the person to the corporation.

Amount

owing added to the tax roll

(2) The

treasurer of a lower-tier municipality shall, on the request of a water and

wastewater public corporation, add fees or charges imposed by the water and

wastewater public corporation that remain unpaid after they become payable,

including any interest payable, to the tax roll of the property to which water

and sewage services were provided and collect them in the same manner as taxes.

Request

by corporation

(3) The

regulations may specify requirements in relation to requests made by a water

and wastewater public corporation under this section.

Rate plan, etc.

(1) If

the regulations so provide, a waste and wastewater public corporation shall

submit to the Minister a rate plan for fees or charges specified in the

regulations and any other plans prescribed by the regulations.

Same

(2) The

rate plan shall establish the rates to be applied in determining the fees or

charges to be imposed and collected.

Submission

of plans

(3) Subject

to the regulations, the Minister may consider any of the plans submitted by the

water and wastewater public corporation under subsection (1) and may,

(

a) require

the corporation to amend and resubmit the plan;

(

b) approve

the plan that has been submitted or resubmitted by the corporation; or

(

c) refuse

to approve the plan.

Refusal

to approve the rate plan

(4) If

the Minister refuses to approve the plan,

(

a) in

the case of a rate plan, the rates of the plan shall be established in

accordance with the regulations; or

(

b) in

the case of any other plan, the plan shall be prepared in accordance with the

regulations.

Plan

deemed approved

(5) If

the Minister has not taken any of the steps described in clauses (3) (

a) to (

c) within the time period prescribed by the regulations, the plan is deemed to be

approved.

Board

of directors of a water and wastewater public corporation

(1) The

nomination, appointment, election, resignation or removal of the members of the

board of directors, including the chair of the board, and the composition of

the board of directors of a water and wastewater public corporation are subject

to the regulations, if any.

Directors,

officers and shareholders to comply with regulations

(2) The

directors, officers and shareholders of a water and wastewater public

corporation shall comply with the regulations and enter into such agreements as

required by the regulations.

Issuance

of shares

The

shares and dividends, if any, of a water and wastewater public corporation

shall be issued in accordance with the regulations.

Transfer

by-laws

(1) The

council of a municipality prescribed by the regulations shall, by the date

specified in the regulations, make by-laws transferring employees, assets,

liabilities, rights and obligations of the municipality, or other body through

which the municipality provides water and sewage services, to a water and wastewater

public corporation for the purpose of providing water and sewage services.

Same,

regulations

(2) The

regulations may specify requirements for a transfer by-law made under

subsection (1).

Binding

on all persons

(3) Despite

any general or special Act or any rule of law, including

an Act or rule of law

that requires notice or registration of transfers, a transfer by-law is binding

on the transferee, the transferor and all other persons.

consent required

(4) A

transfer by-law does not require the consent of the transferor, the transferee

or any other person.

Co-operation

by municipalities, access to information

member of a council of a municipality, an employee or agent of a municipality or

a member, employee or agent of a local board of a municipality shall,

(

a) co-operate

with the Minister, any person appointed by the Minister or any entity

determined by the Minister; and

(

b) on

request, provide to the Minister, a person appointed by the Minister or an

entity determined by the Minister an existing record or a new record created by

the municipality, even if the record includes privileged or confidential

information.

Not

a Crown agent

water and wastewater public corporation is not an agent of the Crown and is not

an administrative unit of the Government of Ontario.

Assistance

to water and wastewater public corporation

Despite

section 106 of the Municipal Act, 2001 , a

municipality may provide the types of assistance described in that

section to a

water and wastewater public corporation.

Water

and wastewater public corporation as local board

water and wastewater public corporation is not a local board except for the

purposes prescribed by the regulations.

Conflict

with other Acts

In the event of a conflict between this Act or a regulation

made under it and the Business Corporations Act or

a regulation made under that Act, or a provision in any other Act or in a

regulation made under any other Act respecting corporations, the transfer of

assets, liabilities, rights or obligations or water and sewage services, this

Act or the regulation made under it prevails to the extent of the conflict .

Immunity

from liability

(1) No

cause of action arises against a person set out in subsection (2) as a direct

or indirect result of,

(

a) the

enactment, amendment or repeal of any provision of this Act;

(

b) the

making, amendment or revocation of any provision of a regulation made under

this Act;

(

c) the

passage, amendment or repeal of any provision of a by-law made under

section 10;

(

d) anything

done or not done in accordance with any provisions referred to in clause (a),

any regulations referred to in clause (

b) or any by-laws referred to in clause

(c).

Persons

referred to

(2) The

persons referred to in subsection (1) are,

(

a) the

Crown or any current or former member of the Executive Council or employee,

officer or agent of or advisor to the Crown; or

(

b) any

municipality that is prescribed for the purposes of

section 2 or 10, or any

current or former member of the council of such municipality, or employee,

officer or agent of or advisor to such municipality.

remedy

(3) Except

as otherwise provided under this Act, no costs, compensation or damages,

including for loss of revenue or profit or any other alleged loss, whether

direct or indirect, are owing or payable to any person by a person referred to

in subsection (1), and no remedy, including a remedy in contract, restitution,

tort, a remedy for misfeasance, bad faith, or a breach of trust or fiduciary

obligation, any equitable remedy or any remedy under any statute, including the

Business Corporations Act , is available to any

person against any person referred to in subsection (1) in connection with

anything referred to in that subsection.

Proceedings

barred

(4) No

proceeding that is directly or indirectly based on or related to anything

referred to in subsection (1) may be brought or maintained against any person

referred to in that subsection.

Application

(5) Subsections

(3) and (4) do not apply with respect to an application for judicial review or

a claim for constitutional remedy, but do apply with respect to any other

court, administrative or arbitral proceeding claiming any remedy or relief,

including specific performance, an injunction, declaratory relief or the

enforcement of a judgment, order or award made outside Ontario.

costs awarded

(6) No

costs shall be awarded against any person in respect of a proceeding that

cannot be brought or maintained under subsection (4).

expropriation or injurious affection

(7) Nothing

referred to in subsection (1) constitutes an expropriation or injurious

affection for the purposes of the Expropriations Act

or otherwise at law.

Proceedings

by Crown not prevented

(8) This

section does not apply with respect to proceedings brought by the Crown.

Crown

liability

personal liability

(1) No

cause of action arises against any current or former member of the Executive

Council or any officer, employee or agent of the Crown for any act done in good

faith in the exercise or performance, or intended exercise or performance, of

the person’s powers, duties or functions under this Act or for any alleged

neglect, default or other omission in the exercise or performance in good faith

of those powers, duties or functions.

Crown

remains vicariously liable

(2) Despite

subsection 8 (3) of the Crown Liability and Proceedings

Act, 2019 , subsection (1) of this

section does not relieve the Crown of

liability to which it would otherwise be subject as a result of the acts or

omissions of a person specified in subsection (1).

liability for acts or omissions of others

(3) No

cause of action arises against the Crown or any person specified in subsection

(1) for

an act or omission of a person other than the Crown or a person

specified in that subsection, if the act or omission is related, directly or

indirectly, to the exercise or performance, or intended exercise or

performance, of a power, duty or function under this Act.

Proceedings

by Crown not prevented

(4) This

section does not apply with respect to proceedings brought by the Crown.

Water

and wastewater public corporation liability

personal liability

(1) No

cause of action arises against any current or former director, officer or

employee of any water and wastewater public corporation for any act done in

good faith in the exercise or performance, or intended exercise or performance,

of the person’s powers, duties or functions under this Act or for any alleged

neglect, default or other omission in the exercise or performance in good faith

of those powers, duties or functions.

Water

and wastewater public corporation vicariously liable

(2) Subsection

(1) does not relieve a water and wastewater public corporation of liability to

which it would otherwise be subject as a result of the acts or omissions of a

person specified in subsection (1).

Proceedings

by Crown not prevented

(3) This

section does not apply with respect to proceedings brought by the Crown.

Proceedings

barred

(1) No

proceeding shall be commenced,

(

a) against

any person specified in subsection 17 (1) in respect of a matter referred to in

that subsection;

(

b) against

the Crown or any person specified in subsection 17 (1) in respect of a matter

referred to in subsection 17 (3); or

(

c) against

any person specified in subsection 18 (1) in respect of a matter referred to in

that subsection.

Same

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply with respect to an application for judicial review or a

claim for constitutional remedy, but does apply with respect to any other

court, administrative or arbitral proceeding claiming any remedy or relief,

including specific performance, an injunction, declaratory relief, a remedy in

contract, restitution, unjust enrichment or tort, a remedy for breach of trust

or fiduciary obligation or any equitable remedy, enforcement of a judgment,

order or award made outside Ontario or any form of compensation or damages

including loss of revenue or profit.

Proceedings

by Crown not prevented

(3) This

section does not apply with respect to proceedings brought by the Crown.

Regulations:

transfer of ownership and operation

(1) The

Minister may make regulations which, in the opinion of the Minister, are

necessary or desirable to provide for, govern or facilitate the transfer of the

ownership and operation of water and sewage services to a water and wastewater

public corporation, including the transfer of employees, assets, liabilities, rights

and obligations from a municipality, or other body through which the

municipality provides water and sewage services, to a water and wastewater

public corporation.

Regulations:

general

(2) Without

limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations,

(

a) providing

that part of a system or specified services or things are excluded from the

definition of “water and sewage services” for the purposes of this Act;

(

b) prescribing

lower-tier municipalities for the purposes of subsection 2 (1);

(

c) prescribing

a date for the purposes of

section 3;

(

d) prescribing

requirements for the purposes of clause 4 (1) (e);

(

e) prescribing

other duties for the purposes of clause 4 (1) (f);

(

f) prescribing

reports and information for the purposes of subsection 4 (2), including the

content of the reports, whether the reports must be made available to the

public and the time and manner in which they must be provided;

(

g) prescribing

other powers for the purposes of

section 5;

(

h) specifying

requirements for the purposes of

section 6 (3);

(

i) prescribing

municipalities and specifying a date for the purposes of subsection 10 (1);

(

j) specifying

requirements for the purposes of subsection 10 (2);

(

k) prescribing

purposes for the purposes of

section 14;

(

l) governing

water and wastewater public corporations, including,

(

i) imposing

requirements, conditions, restrictions and limitations on the corporations and

their shareholders, directors and officers,

(ii) governing

the election, nomination, appointment, resignation or removal of the members of

the board of directors, including the chair of the board, of a water and wastewater

public corporation, including requirements respecting conflicts of interest,

the independence and competencies of directors, the composition of the board of

directors and the board’s quorum,

(iii) governing

the proceedings of the meetings of shareholders and directors, including the

quorum of shareholders, and

(iv) requiring

a water and wastewater public corporation and its shareholders to enter into

agreements, prescribing the content of the agreements and requiring the

corporation to modify, terminate or suspend the agreements;

(

m) governing

the transfer, issuance, redemption or purchase of shares and dividends of a

water and wastewater public corporation, including,

(

i) determining

the number, classes and series of shares of a water and wastewater public

corporation and their rights, privileges, conditions and restrictions, and

prescribing their initial issuance and subsequent issuances,

(ii) determining

the consideration received in an exchange for shares in a water and wastewater

public corporation, and

(iii) prescribing

a formula for the redistribution, redemption or purchase of the shares of a

water and wastewater public corporation and specifying a frequency of such

redistribution, redemption or purchase and the manner in which it is to be

conducted;

(

n) governing

the amalgamation, continuance, winding up and dissolution of a water and

wastewater public corporation or other changes affecting the organization,

reorganization, structure, assets or undertakings of the corporation, including

any acts or transactions that require the approval of shareholders;

(

o) imposing

conditions and limitations on the power of a water and wastewater public

corporation to invest money or to incur debt, whether by borrowing money or in

any other way;

(

p) prescribing

provisions of Acts and regulations that do not apply to the Minister, a

municipality, a transfer by-law made under

section 10, a water or wastewater

public corporation or the corporation’s shareholders, directors, officers or

employees or that apply to such persons with necessary modifications.

Rolling

incorporation by reference

(3) A

regulation made under clause (2) (

l) that incorporates another document by

reference may provide that the reference to the document includes amendments

made to the document from time to time.

Application

to existing agreements

(4) A

regulation made under subclause (2) (l) (iv) may, if it so provides, specify

that it applies to an agreement that was entered into before the day the

regulation comes into force, including an agreement that was entered into

before the day the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act,

2025 received Royal Assent.

Regulations:

fees or charges

(5) For

the purposes of paragraph 1 of

section 5, the Minister may make regulations,

(

a) governing

the power of a water and wastewater public corporation to impose and collect

fees or charges, including specifying services, activities and costs for which

fees or charges may or must be imposed and collected;

(

b) providing

that fees or charges in a specified class of fees or charges which are added to

the tax roll under subsection 6 (2) have priority lien status;

(

c) providing

for conditions or limitations that a water and wastewater public corporation

must comply with in respect of the imposition fees or charges and the

collection of any amounts owing to the corporation.

Lieutenant Governor in Council regulations

(1) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations defining or clarifying the

meaning of any words or expressions used in this Act that are not defined in

this Act.

Same

(2) For

the purposes of

section 7, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make

regulations,

(

a) for

the purposes of subsection 7 (1),

(

i) prescribing

the content of a rate plan and specifying the fees or charges that must be

included in the plan, and prescribing procedures and requirements that the

water and wastewater public corporation must follow when preparing a rate plan,

(ii) prescribing

other plans and the content of those plans;

(

b) imposing

limitations and conditions on the powers of the Minister under subsection 7

(3);

(

c) governing

rates to be established in the rate plan of a water and wastewater public

corporation for the purposes of clause 7 (4) (a);

(

d) specifying

the time and manner for preparing the plans for the purposes of clause 7 (4)

(b);

(

e) prescribing

a time period for the purposes of subsection 7 (5).

Commencement

The Act set out in this

Schedule comes into force on a day to be named by order

of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Short

title

The

short title of the Act set out in this

Schedule is the Water and Wastewater Public Corporations Act, 2025 .

Bill 60 Original (PDF)

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

SCHEDULE 1

BUILDING TRANSIT FASTER ACT, 2020

This

Schedule amends the Building Transit Faster Act, 2020 .

Some highlights include:

1. The

definition of “immediate danger to construction” in

section 2 of the Act is

repealed and the concept is incorporated into

section 26 of the Act.

2. References

to construction in

Part II (Corridor Control) and

Part V (Municipal Service and

Right of Way Access) are expanded to include operation and maintenance in

sections 12, 26, 27, 34 and 52.

3. Sections

14, 17, 19 and 36 are amended to reduce the notice period from 30 days to 15

days.

Section

52 is repealed and replaced to broaden the basis on which Metrolinx may

determine that municipal service and right of way access is required to include

the alteration and relocation of, and access and connection to, municipal

services, rights of way and infrastructure. It is also broadened to include

municipal infrastructure that is related to bridges, tunnels and life safety

systems and to give the Minister authority to prescribe, by regulation,

additional municipal infrastructure to which an order may apply.

5. Subsection

59 (1) is amended to provide that the Minister may delegate their functions to

the Deputy Minister or other persons employed in the Ministry.

SCHEDULE 2

CONSTRUCTION ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Construction Act :

Section

30 is re-enacted in order to apply with respect to the abandonment or

termination of a contract or subcontract, rather than just to a circumstance in

which a contractor or subcontractor defaults in the performance of a contract

or subcontract.

2. Not-yet-in-force

amendments to

section 31 that would have been made by

section 27 of

Schedule 4

to the Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures),

2024 are repealed.

Section 31 is amended to retain the provisions of

those amendments that would have been subsections (8) to (10) — dealing with

notice of termination and its effects — by adding them as replacements of

subsections (6) and (7) of the current section. The not-yet-in-force re-enacted

version of

section 26 is consequently amended to require the annual release of

holdback without the expiry of liens.

Section

87.4, dealing with transition connected to the commencement of amendments to

the Act made by the Building Ontario For You Act (Budget

Measures), 2024 , is amended by adding a separate transition rule for

project agreements referred to in subsection 1.1 (1) and to make adjustments to

the transition rules respecting amendments made to

section 31.

4. Transitional

regulation-making authority in

section 88 is made more generally applicable and

is transferred from the Lieutenant Governor in Council to the Minister. A

definition of “Minister” is added to subsection 1 (1) and other complementary

amendments are made to the Act for the purpose.

The

substantive amendments are to come into force at the same time as related

amendments to the Act made by the Building Ontario For You

Act (Budget Measures), 2024 .

SCHEDULE 3

DEVELOPMENT CHARGES ACT, 1997

New

section 5.3 of the Development Charges Act, 1997

provides special rules respecting the determination of the estimate for the

increase in the need for the class required by new subsection 7 (3.1).

New

subsection 7 (3.1) of the Act requires a development charge by-law that imposes

development charges in respect of capital costs described in paragraph 1 of

subsection 5 (3) to provide for a class consisting only of those capital costs,

subject to certain exceptions.

Section

10 of the Act currently requires councils to complete a development charge

background study before passing a development charge by-law. New subsection 10

(5) requires the council to give a copy of the background study to the Minister

upon request, by the deadline specified in the request.

New

subsection 13 (5) of the Act requires the council of a municipality to give a

copy of a development charge by-law passed by the municipality to the Minister

on request, by the deadline specified in the request.

Section

35 of the Act currently provides that the money in a reserve fund established

for a service may be spent on capital costs determined under paragraphs 2 to 7

of subsection 5 (1). New subsection 35 (1.1) provides that such money in a

reserve fund may be spent on the capital costs of that service described in

paragraph 1 of subsection 5 (3), provided the costs are ones determined under

paragraphs 2 to 7 of subsection 5 (1) that are not paid for with money in the

reserve fund established for a class required by subsection 7 (3.1).

Subsection

43 (1) of the Act currently requires the treasurer of a municipality to give

the council a financial statement each year on or before such date as the

council of the municipality may direct. The subsection is amended to require

the treasurer to give the statement on or before June 30 of the year.

Subsection 43 (3) of the Act currently requires the treasurer to give a copy of

the financial statement to the Minister on request. The subsection is amended

to require the treasurer to give the copy no later than July 15 of the year in

which the statement is provided to council.

New

subsection 59 (2.2) of the Act requires municipalities to establish local

service policies for each service referred to in subsection 2 (4) in respect of

which a by-law imposes a development charge and in respect of which some part

of the service will be provided as a local service in accordance with

subsection 59 (2). New subsections 59 (2.3) and (2.4) set out the required and

optional content, respectively, of a local service policy. New subsection 59

(2.5) provides that subsection 59 (2) applies in respect of a work for the

provision of a local service only to the extent the work is identified as being

intended to be a work for the provision of a local service in a local service

policy. An exception is provided in new subsection 59 (2.6). New subsection 59

(2.7) sets out an application rule respecting subsection 59 (2.5). New

subsection 59 (2.8) provides for the giving of copies of local service policies

to the Minister, and new subsections 59 (2.9) to (2.11) set out requirements

respecting the regular review of local service policies by municipalities.

SCHEDULE 4

GO TRANSIT STATION FUNDING ACT, 2023

The

GO Transit Station Funding Act, 2023 is amended to

permit a transit station charge to be collected in respect of residential

developments and to add related provisions.

SCHEDULE 5

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

The

Schedule amends the Highway Traffic Act . A

section

is added providing that the Minister may require evidence from an applicant for

a licence, permit or certificate respecting the person’s residency in Ontario,

legal status in Canada and ability to work with respect to certain classes of

driver’s licences or vehicles.

new

section sets out situations in which a municipality shall not reduce or

permit a reduction in the number of lanes that are available for use by motor

vehicles and makes changes to the related regulation-making powers. Amendments

are also made respecting the reimbursement of municipalities that provide

support or information respecting the removal or reconfiguration of bicycle

lanes required under the Act.

SCHEDULE 6

LOCAL ROADS BOARDS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Local Roads Boards Act to

enable an owner of prescribed tax-exempt land in a local roads area to

voluntarily pay an amount approved by the Minister to the board of the local

roads area to be spent for the purposes of carrying out work. Other related

amendments are made regarding record-keeping and the submission of such

payments.

SCHEDULE 7

MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001

The

Schedule amends the Municipal Act, 2001 by

providing for the transfer of jurisdiction over water and sewage public

utilities from The Regional Municipality of Peel to the City of Mississauga,

the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon, within their geographic areas.

SCHEDULE 8

ONTARIO WATER RESOURCES ACT

The

Schedule repeals and replaces subsection 53 (6.1) of the Ontario

Water Resources Act to add a scenario in which

section 53 applies;

namely, in the case where more than one sewage works is located on a lot or

parcel of land that is part of an agricultural operation and any of the

following circumstances exist:

1. Any

of the sewage works has a design capacity in excess of 10,000 litres per day.

2. The

sewage works have, in total, a design capacity in excess of 50,000 litres per

day.

3. The

sewage works serving facilities or buildings that are not used as dwellings by

employees of the agricultural operation have, in total, a design capacity in

excess of 10,000 litres per day.

SCHEDULE 9

PHOTO CARD ACT, 2008

The

Photo Card Act, 2008 is amended to provide that the

Minister may require evidence from an applicant for a photo card respecting the

person’s residency in Ontario and legal status in Canada.

SCHEDULE 10

PLANNING ACT

The

Schedule amends the Planning Act .

New

subsection 3 (5.1) of the Act provides that a decision of the Minister, other

than a part of a decision that applies to land in the Greenbelt Area, is not

required to be consistent with policy statements issued under that section.

New

subsection 16 (18.1) of the Act provides that orders under subsection 17 (9) of

the Act apply in certain circumstances, despite paragraph 4 of subsection 16

(18).

Currently,

subsection 28 (2) of the Act permits the council of a local municipality or of

a prescribed upper-tier municipality to pass a by-law designating a community

improvement project area, if there is an official plan in effect in the

municipality that contains provisions relating to community improvement. An

amendment provides that the subsection no longer applies to prescribed

upper-tier municipalities. The regulation-making power under paragraph 22 of

subsection 70.1 (1) of the Act to prescribe upper-tier municipalities for the

purposes of subsection 28 (2) is repealed and Ontario Regulation 221/07 is

revoked as a result.

new subsection 28 (2.1) provides that the council of an upper-tier municipality

may, by by-law, designate any area within the municipality as a community

improvement project area.

Subsection

28 (7.2) currently permits the councils of upper-tier municipalities and of lower-tier

municipalities to make grants or loans to one another for the purpose of

carrying out a community improvement plan. The subsection is amended to remove

the requirement that the municipality making the grant or loan must have an

official plan that contains provisions relating to the making of such grants or

loans.

new subsection 28 (14) provides that by-laws passed by an upper-tier

municipality without planning responsibility that designated a community

improvement project area and adopted a community improvement plan and that were

in effect on the day before the municipality became an upper-tier municipality

without planning responsibility, are deemed to be in effect on the day the new

subsection comes into force.

New

subsections 34 (1.3.1) to (1.3.3) of the Act provide for rules with respect to

reducing minimum standards and increasing maximum standards that are found in

by-laws passed under

section 34. New subsection 34 (1.5.1) sets out related

transition rules.

New

subsections 47 (1.0.0.1) and (1.0.0.2) of the Act provide that orders made

under that

section are not subject to

Part III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006 after the day the subsection takes

effect unless the order is to amend or revoke an order that was made before

that date. Similar amendments are likewise made to the Ontario

Planning and Development Act, 1994 . Subsection 80.1 (2) of the Legislation Act, 2006 is updated to reflect this change.

The

Schedule amends

section 47 of the Act in relation to agreements that the

Minister may require between an owner of specified land and a municipality. New

provisions permit a municipality’s authority to enter into such agreements to

be delegated to certain officers, employees or agents of the municipality, and

provide that the Minister may give direction specifying timelines related to

the agreement and make certain orders if the agreement is not satisfied.

SCHEDULE 11

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT ACT

The

Schedule adds a

section to the Public Transportation and

Highway Improvement Act stating that various things under the Act do not

constitute, and have never constituted, an expropriation or injurious affection

for the purposes of the Expropriations Act or

otherwise at law.

The

Schedule repeals and replaces

section 117 of the Act. The new

section

authorizes the Minister to make regulations respecting the non-application of

standards related to the planning, design, construction, maintenance,

management and operation of specified highways, bridges and associated

structures and works. Regulations may be made to govern the process by which

such non-application is approved and administered.

addition, the new

section 117 of the Act authorizes the making of regulations governing

contracts in respect of the planning, design, construction, maintenance,

management and operation of highways and bridges and related structures and

works. It also allows for regulations requiring the publication or submission

of reports to the Ministry concerning such activities and governing the

publication of information in respect of such reports.

SCHEDULE 12

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT, 2006

The

Schedule amends the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 .

The following are some of the highlights:

1. Subsection

43 (1) of the Act is amended to provide that a notice under the Act shall be

given in a form approved by the Board unless a form is prescribed, in which

case the prescribed form shall be used.

2. New

subsection 48.1 (2) of the Act provides that the requirements under

section

48.1 of the Act do not apply in certain circumstances.

3. New

subsection 58 (1.1) of the Act provides that persistent failure to pay rent on

the date it becomes due and payable is to be determined in accordance with the

regulations, if any. Similar changes are made to

section 94.2 of the Act with

respect to persistent failure to pay regular monthly housing charges on the

date they become due and payable.

4. Clause

77 (8) (

b) of the Act is amended to provide that the Board may make an order

setting aside an order if the prescribed circumstances, conditions or tests

have been satisfied. Similar changes are made to clause 94.10 (8) (

b) of the

Act.

5. Subsection

82 (1) of the Act is re-enacted to remove the content of clause (b). New

paragraphs 4 and 5 of subsection 82 (2) of the Act provide additional

requirements that must be met by a tenant for the purposes of subsection 82

(1) of the Act. These requirements include the requirement to pay half of any

arrears that were claimed in the application. Related transition rules are set

out in subsections 82 (4) and (5) of the Act.

Section

83 of the Act is amended to provide that the power of the Board under clause 83

(1) (

b) of the Act is subject to any prescribed limitations and conditions.

Similar changes are made to clause 94.12 (1) (

b) of the Act.

7. Subsection

209 (2) of the Act is amended to provide that the Board’s power to review

decisions or orders is subject to any prescribed limitations or conditions. New

subsection 209 (3) of the Act provides that a request to review a decision or

order must be submitted within 15 days of the issuance of the decision or

order, unless the Board considers it just and appropriate to extend that time

in the circumstances.

8. New

section 241.5 of the Act provides the Lieutenant Governor in Council with

regulation-making authority necessary or advisable to deal with issues arising

out of amendments to the Act made by the Schedule.

SCHEDULE 13

TORONTO WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION CORPORATION ACT, 2002

Currently,

the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation Act,

2002 provides for the winding up of the Corporation and sets out related

timelines. The

Schedule amends the timelines and certain other procedures

related to winding up.

requirement that has expired for the board to prepare a report about the Act is

also repealed.

SCHEDULE 14

TOWING AND STORAGE SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT, 2021

The

Towing and Storage Safety and Enforcement Act, 2021

is amended to provide that tow operators and vehicle storage operators are not

required to submit to the Director the amount to be charged for each towing

service and vehicle storage service that the operator provides if a regulation

prescribes a maximum amount that may be charged for the service.

SCHEDULE 15

TRANSIT-ORIENTED COMMUNITIES ACT, 2020

The

Schedule amends the Transit-Oriented Communities Act, 2020 .

section is added providing that the Minister may establish an advisory panel. Provisions

are included respecting its functions and composition.

section is added providing that the Minister may require an owner of certain

land designated as transit-oriented community land to enter into agreements

with a municipality addressing such matters as the Minister considers necessary

for the appropriate development of the land. A

section is added requiring municipalities

to designate a person to give to the Minister certain information respecting

land that has been designated as transit-oriented community land and other

related matters.

SCHEDULE 16

WATER AND WASTEWATER PUBLIC CORPORATIONS ACT, 2025

The