Get It Done Act, 2024 — Bill 162 (43rd Parliament, 1st Session)

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Bill 162, Get It Done Act, 2024

Sarkaria, Hon. Prabmeet Singh Minister of Transportation

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s

aid to Bill 162 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 162 has been enacted as

Chapter 9 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2024.

SCHEDULE 1

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT

The

Schedule amends the Environmental Assessment Act to

provide that, a reference to acquiring property or rights in property is a

reference to doing so by purchase, lease, expropriation or otherwise.

SCHEDULE 2

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Highway Traffic

Act in respect of vehicle permits. Provisions are added respecting when

the validation of a permit shall be refused and when the status, validation

period or expiry date of a permit may be changed. Amendments also provide that

a contravention of the requirement to have a currently valid permit is an

offence and that an expired, cancelled or suspended permit is not a currently

valid permit.

The

Schedule also adds

section 5.0.1 to the Act, which provides that for each

six-month period or part thereof during which a driver’s licence is valid, the

holder of the driver’s licence shall pay a fee of $7.50.

SCHEDULE 3

OFFICIAL PLAN ADJUSTMENTS ACT, 2023

Currently,

sections 1 and 2 of the Official Plan Adjustments Act,

2023 provide that specified decisions under subsection 17 (34) of the Planning Act are deemed never to have been made and that

the official plans and amendments to official plans that were the subject of

those decisions were deemed to have been approved as of the dates of the

respective decisions. A number of the official plans and amendments are

modified as indicated in the Act and approved as modified. The Table to

section

1, and

section 2, are both re-enacted retroactively and include various

changes.

SCHEDULE 4

PHOTO CARD ACT, 2008

The

Schedule amends the Photo Card Act, 2008 by adding

subsection 8 (2). Subsection 8 (2) provides that for each six-month period or

part thereof during which a photo card is valid, the holder of the photo card

shall pay a fee of $3.50.

SCHEDULE 5

PROTECTING AGAINST CARBON TAXES ACT, 2024

The

Schedule enacts the Protecting Against Carbon Taxes Act,

2024 . New rules are established with respect to carbon pricing programs.

New rules are also established when an authority to establish a carbon pricing

program is to be given to another person or body. Before a carbon pricing

program under a statute or regulation can be established and before the

authority to establish a carbon pricing program can be given to another person

or body, there must be a referendum authorizing it.

Provisions

governing referendums and referendum campaigns are set out. Proposed referendum

questions are given to the Chief Electoral Officer for review. The Lieutenant

Governor in Council decides upon the wording of the referendum question and

issues a writ of referendum. The referendum is conducted in accordance with the

Election Act and the campaign in accordance with

the Election Finances Act , as modified by the new

Act. Offences are established with respect to referendum campaigns. The costs

of the Chief Electoral Officer are payable from the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

The referendum authorizes a proposed carbon pricing program or a proposal to

give a person or body an authority to establish a carbon pricing program, as

described in the referendum question, if more than 50 per cent of the votes are

cast in favour of it.

Complementary

amendments are made with respect to the powers and duties of the Chief

Electoral Officer under the Election Act and the Election Finances Act . The Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999 is amended to provide that it does not apply to a

bill or regulation to which the Protecting Against Carbon

Taxes Act, 2024 applies.

SCHEDULE 6

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT ACT

The

Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

is amended to prohibit tolls from being charged for travel on a highway where

the road authority is the Crown, unless the toll is authorized by

an Act.

Bill 162 2024

Act to enact the Protecting Against Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 and amend various

Acts

Preamble

Contents

of this Act

Commencement

Short

title

Schedule 1

Environmental

Assessment Act

Schedule 2

Highway

Traffic Act

Schedule 3

Official

Plan Adjustments Act, 2023

Schedule 4

Photo

Card Act, 2008

Schedule 5

Protecting

Against Carbon Taxes Act, 2024

Schedule 6

Public

Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

Preamble

The

Government of Ontario:

creating the conditions to rebuild Ontario’s economy to support better jobs and

deliver economic prosperity.

helping to get shovels in the ground sooner on new roads, highways and public

transit in order to reduce gridlock, help ensure we have housing for a growing

population and move the province’s economy forward.

Believes

in supporting workers, families and businesses with policies that keep costs

down and make life easier and more convenient, including by protecting against

the high cost of a provincial carbon tax, banning new tolls on public highways

and freezing current fees on driver’s licences and Ontario Photo Cards.

Will

get it done.

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

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

force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, a

proclamation may apply to one or more of those provisions, and proclamations

may be issued at different times with respect to any of those provisions.

Short

title

3 The

short title of this Act is the Get It Done Act, 2024 .

SCHEDULE 1

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT

Section 1 of the Environmental Assessment Act is

amended by adding the following subsection:

Acquisition

of property

(7) For

greater certainty, under this Act, a reference to acquiring property or rights

in property is a reference to acquiring the property or rights in property by

purchase, lease, expropriation or otherwise.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Get It Done

Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 2

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

(1) The French version of the definition of “conversion unit” in

subsection 1 (1) of the Highway Traffic Act is

repealed.

(2) The

French version of subsection 1 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the

following definition:

«unité

de conversion» Appareil mécanique formé d’un essieu simple conçu pour

transformer un véhicule à deux essieux en un véhicule à trois essieux. («conversion unit»)

Subsection 5 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “The Lieutenant Governor

in Council” in the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “Subject to

section 5.0.1, the Lieutenant Governor in Council”.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Fee

for driver’s licence

5.0.1 For each six-month

period or part thereof during which a driver’s licence is valid, the holder of

the driver’s licence shall pay a fee of $7.50.

Section 6 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(1.1) In

this Part, a permit that is expired, under suspension or cancelled is not a

currently validated permit.

Section 7 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Penalty

(3.1) Every

person who contravenes clause (1) (

a) is guilty of an offence and on conviction

is liable to a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000.

Same

(3.2) Despite

subsection (3.1), every person who contravenes clause (1) (

a) is guilty of an

offence and, if the offence was committed by means of a commercial motor

vehicle, on conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $250 and not more

than $2,500.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Validation of permit

7.0.1

(1) Validation

of a permit for a prescribed class of vehicle shall be refused if the

prescribed requirements are not met.

Change

of status, validation period

(2) The

Ministry may, at any time, in the prescribed circumstances,

(

a) change

the status of a permit to valid or expired; or

(

b) change the period of validation or

expiry date of a permit in accordance with the regulations.

Same

(3) The

Ministry shall, in the prescribed circumstances, change the status of a permit

from valid to cancelled.

No right to appeal or be heard

(4) There

is no appeal from, or right to be heard before, a refusal to validate a permit

under subsection (1), a change to a permit’s status under subsection (2) or

(3), or a change to a permit’s period of validation or expiry date under subsection

(2).

Protection

from personal liability

(5) No

action or other proceeding shall be instituted against the Minister, the

Registrar of Motor Vehicles, a public servant or a delegate or agent of the

Minister for anything done in good faith in the execution or intended execution

of a power or duty under subsection (1), (2) or (3) or for any alleged neglect

or default in the execution in good faith of a power or duty under subsection

(1), (2) or (3).

Crown

not relieved of liability

(6) Despite

subsection 8 (3) of the Crown Liability and Proceedings

Act, 2019 , subsection (5) of this

section does not relieve the Crown of

liability in respect of a tort committed by a person mentioned in subsection

(5) to which it would otherwise be subject.

Regulations

(7) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(

a) prescribing,

for the purposes of subsection (1), classes of vehicles and requirements for

the validation of permits;

(

b) governing

the changing of a permit’s status, period of validation or expiry date under

subsection (2), including,

(

i) prescribing

the circumstances in which the Ministry may change a permit’s status, period of

validation or expiry date,

(ii) prescribing

the period of validation or expiry date of a permit or the method of

determining the period of validation or expiry date, and

(iii) governing

whether notice of a change is required to be given to the holder of the permit

and if so, by what means;

(

c) governing

the changing of a permit’s status under subsection (3) from valid to cancelled,

including,

(

i) prescribing

the circumstances in which the Ministry may change a permit’s status from valid

to cancelled, and

(ii) governing

whether notice of a change is required to be given to the holder of the permit

and if so, by what means.

The French version of clause 10 (2) (

b) of the Act is amended by striking out

“d’un essieu relevable” and substituting “d’une unité de conversion”.

Clause 41 (5) (

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

(

a) an

order directing that the accused be discharged is made under

section 730 of the

Criminal Code (Canada);

(a.1) an

order directing that the accused be discharged is made under or in relation to

a provision designated in a reciprocal agreement entered into under

section 40;

Clause 42 (4) (

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

(

a) an

order directing that the accused be discharged is made under

section 730 of the

Criminal Code (Canada);

(a.1) an

order directing that the accused be discharged is made under or in relation to

a provision designated in a reciprocal agreement entered into under

section 40;

The French version of clause 48 (11) (

d) of the Act is amended by striking out

“document” and substituting “matériel”.

The French version of the definition of “vehicle” in

section 61 of the Act is

amended by striking out “un essieu relevable” and substituting “une unité de

conversion”.

(1) The French version of subsection 105 (1) of the Act is amended

by,

(

a) striking

out “d’essieux relevables” and substituting “d’unités de conversion”; and

(

b) striking

out “des essieux relevables” and substituting “des unités de conversion”.

(2) The

French version of subsection 105 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out

“d’essieux relevables” and substituting “d’unités de conversion”.

(1) The French version of subsection 121 (2) of the Act is amended

by,

(

a) striking

out “un essieu relevable est utilisé” and substituting “une unité de conversion

est utilisée”; and

(

b) striking

out “l’essieu relevable est fixé” and substituting “l’unité de conversion est

fixée”.

(2) The

French version of subsection 121 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out

“l’essieu relevable visé” and substituting “l’unité de conversion visée”.

Commencement

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

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Get It Done Act, 2024

receives Royal Assent.

(2) Sections

1 to 7 and 11 to 13 come into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the

Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE 3

OFFICIAL PLAN ADJUSTMENTS ACT, 2023

The Table to

section 1 of the Official Plan Adjustments

Act, 2023 is repealed and the following substituted:

Table

Item

Column

Official plan or amendment to an official plan

Column

Date of decision under subsection 17 (34) of the Planning

Act

Column

Modifications set out in the decision referred to in subsection 1 (1) that

apply to the official plan or amendment to an official plan

Official

plan adopted by the City of Barrie pursuant to By-law 2022-016

April

11, 2023

Modifications

numbered 1, 3, 4, 6 to 8, 11 to 17, 19 to 24, 26 to 37, 39 to 63, 65 to 69,

71 and 72

Official

plan adopted by the City of Belleville pursuant to By-law 2021-180

April

11, 2023

Modifications

numbered 1, 9 to 11, 13, 14, 16 and 23

Official

plan amendment 80 adopted by the City of Guelph pursuant to By-law 2022-20731

April

11, 2023

Modifications

numbered 1, 2, 5 to 8, 13 to 15 and 17

Official

plan amendment 49 adopted by the Regional Municipality of Halton pursuant to

By-law 35-22

November

4, 2022

Modifications

numbered 1 to 19, 39, 42 and 45

Official

plan amendment 34 amending the Rural Hamilton Official Plan and adopted by

the City of Hamilton pursuant to By-law 22-146

November

4, 2022

None

Official

plan amendment 167 amending the Urban Hamilton Official Plan and adopted by

the City of Hamilton pursuant to By-law 22-145

November

4, 2022

Modifications

numbered 17, 18, 26, 35, 36 and 40 to 47

Official

plan adopted by the Regional Municipality of Niagara pursuant to By-law

2022-47

November

4, 2022

Modifications

numbered 5, 24, 25, 32, 33, 39, 42 and 44

Official

plan adopted by the City of Ottawa pursuant to By-law 2021-386

November

4, 2022

Modifications

numbered 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13

Official

plan adopted by the Regional Municipality of Peel pursuant to By-law 20-2022

November

4, 2022

Modifications

numbered 1, 3, 5, 16 to 19, 21 to 26, 28, 30 to 35 and 37 to 43

Official

plan adopted by the City of Peterborough pursuant to By-law 21-105

April

11, 2023

Modifications

numbered 8 to 10, 12, 13 , 16, 18, 19, 20 to 27, 33, 35, 39, 41 to 44, 46 to 49, 50 to 56 and 58 to 60

Official

plan amendment 6 adopted by the Regional Municipality of Waterloo pursuant to

By-law 22-038

April

11, 2023

None

Official

plan amendment 119 adopted by the County of Wellington pursuant to By-law

5760-22

April

11, 2023

Modifications

numbered 1 to 20, 22 a), 25, 27 b), 28 b), 28 g), 28 l), 29 d), 31 and 32 b)

Official

plan adopted by the Regional Municipality of York pursuant to By-law 2022-40

November

4, 2022

Modifications

numbered 8, 15, 16, 18, 22, 25, 30, 32, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 57 to 59,

60 i), 61 to 65, 78, 79 ii), 79 iv), 79

v) and 80

Section 2 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Additional

modifications

The

following are the additional modifications mentioned in subclause (a) (ii) of

subsection 1 (2):

1. The

official plan adopted by the Regional Municipality of York pursuant to By-law

2022-40 is modified as follows:

i. Map

1B, Urban System Overlays, is modified by,

A. deleting

the Gormley GO Major Transit Station Area symbol, and

B. removing

from Designated Greenfield Area the lands underlying the overlay that is noted

in Modification 60

i) referred to Column 3 of item 13 of the Table to

section

ii. Policy

4.4.43 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “4.4.43

Other future major transit station areas have been identified on Map 1 B. These

station areas require further planning and consultation to finalize their

location and delineation”.

2. Official

plan amendment 80 adopted by the City of Guelph pursuant to By-law 2022-20731

is modified as follows:

Schedule

D: Downtown Secondary Plan Minimum and Maximum Building Heights is modified to

replace the building heights only for properties located in the Special Policy

Area, as designated on

Schedule C: Downtown Secondary Plan Land Use Plan of the

City of Guelph Official Plan, February 2022 consolidation with the building

heights from

Schedule D: Downtown Secondary Plan Minimum and Maximum Heights

from the City of Guelph Official Plan, February 2022 consolidation.

3. Official

plan amendment 119 adopted by the County of Wellington pursuant to By-law

5760-22 is modified as follows:

i. Schedules

A-1, A-3, A-4 and A-8 to Official Plan Amendment 119 are modified to reflect

the Greenbelt Boundaries of the Greenbelt Area, as defined in the Greenbelt Act, 2005 .

ii. Schedules

A-1 and A-3 to Official Plan Amendment 119 are modified to identify the

community of Brisbane, Town of Erin as a hamlet in the Greenbelt Plan, 2017, as

amended.

iii. Schedules

A-1, A-8, and A-16 to Official Plan Amendment 119 are modified to remove parts

of the Regionally Significant Economic Development Study Area that are located

in the Greenbelt Boundaries of the Greenbelt Area, as defined in the Greenbelt Act, 2005 .

iv. Schedules

A-1 and A-8 are modified to delete the hamlet of Puslinch from being identified

as a hamlet within the Greenbelt Plan, 2017, as amended.

Schedule A-17 is

deleted in its entirety.

4. The

official plan adopted by the City of Barrie pursuant to By-law 2022-016 is

modified as follows:

i. Appendix

2: Phasing Plan is deleted in its entirety.

ii. Policy

2.4.2.3.

e) is modified by adding the following new sentence at the end “The

portion of Designated Greenfield Area lands identified as Phase 1 West, Phase 2

West, and Phase 3 West on Appendix 2: Phasing Plan as adopted by By-law

2022-016, excluding the Employment Areas, may be planned to achieve a minimum

density of 52 persons and jobs per hectare to 2051”.

iii. Policies

9.5.2.c),

d) and

j) are deleted and

section 9.5.2. is renumbered accordingly.

5. The

official plan adopted by the City of Belleville pursuant to By-law 2021-180 is

modified as follows:

Schedule

A – Land Use Plan – Rural Area is modified by delineating lands, shown as the

Black Bear Ridge Village Planning Area on

Schedule E – Detailed Planning Areas

as Fully Serviced Resort Area.

ii.

Schedule

B – Land Use Plan – Urban Serviced Area is modified by redesignating lands,

shown as the Old Fairgrounds Planning Area on

Schedule E – Detailed Planning

Areas as Residential Land Use.

6. The

Official Plan adopted by the City of Peterborough pursuant to By-law 21-105 is

modified as follows:

i. Policy

3.3.6 b is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Lands

within the Coldsprings Special Study Area are anticipated to accommodate growth

to 2051.

ii. Policy

3.3.6 c is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

The

completion of a Secondary Plan for the Coldsprings Special Study Area is a

priority of the City. The City will complete a Secondary Plan and an Official

Plan Amendment to establish the appropriate urban structure, delineate land use

boundaries, and provide urban design guidelines and development policies that

will support the establishment of employment land and compatible development to

help meet the City’s land needs.

iii. Policy

4.6.2 b is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Natural

Areas are designated on

Schedule B: Land Use Plan and

Schedule F: Natural

Heritage System and Environmental Constraints and are further articulated in

Appendix I. In recognition of the wide spectrum of natural heritage features

that comprise the Natural Heritage System, a graduated protective approach is

applied that reflects the function and significance of the various system

components. For some natural heritage features, evaluation may be required and

policies for the appropriate Level applied accordingly.

The

following policies apply to Level A, B and C features:

i. Level

A features are afforded the highest level of protection and the intent is to

protect the form and function of these areas in situ. Development and site

alteration will not be permitted in Level A Provincially Significant Wetlands,

Significant Woodlands, or Significant Life Science Areas of Natural or

Scientific Interest. In accordance with Provincial and Federal requirements,

development and site alteration may be permitted in Level A Fish Habitat or

Level A Habitat of Endangered or Threatened Species. Development and site

alteration may be permitted within or adjacent to Significant Wildlife Habitat,

provided it has been demonstrated that there will be no negative impact on the

features' form and function.

ii. Level

B features are important to the overall function of the Natural Heritage

System. The intent is to preserve the function that these areas provide to the

Natural Heritage System while allowing some flexibility in the protection of

the feature in cases where it can be demonstrated that a net gain in function

can be achieved through mitigation or a compensation strategy.

iii. Level

C features are recognized for the supporting role they provide to the Natural

Heritage System. Development and site alteration will be considered where there

is an opportunity to replicate the function on site or elsewhere in the City,

in conformity with Provincial and/or Federal requirements.

7. Official

plan amendment 49 adopted by the Regional Municipality of Halton pursuant to

By-law 35-22 is modified as follows:

i. Maps

1, 1B to 1H and 3 to 5 are modified by adding the following lands to the

Regional Urban Boundary:

A. The

lands delineated as “New Community Area” and “New Employment Area” in

Attachment 6, Preferred Growth Concept – Regional Urban Structure, to Halton

Region Report No. LPS88-21 dated February 9, 2022.

B. The

lands delineated in Appendices 5, 7 to 12, 14, 17 and 21 to 24, contained

within the decision referred to in Column 2 of item 4 of the Table to

section

C. The

lands shown in a map numbered 350 and filed at the Toronto office of the

Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing located at 777 Bay Street.

ii. Maps

1 and 1C to 1G are modified by redesignating the lands shown in Appendices 21

and 22 of the decision referred to in Column 2 of item 4 of the Table to

section 1 from “North Aldershot Policy Area” to “Urban Area”.

iii. Maps

1C and 1H are modified by designating the following lands as “Employment Area”:

A. The

lands delineated as “New Employment Area” in Attachment 6, Preferred Growth

Concept – Regional Urban Structure to Halton Region Report No. LPS88-21 dated

February 9, 2022.

B. The

lands delineated in Appendices 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 17 contained within

the decision referred to in Column 2 of item 4 of the Table to

section 1.

iv. Maps

1C and 1H are modified by removing lands delineated in Appendices 3 and 4 of

the decision referred to in Column 2 of item 4 of the Table to

section 1 from

the “Employment Area” designation.

v. Map

5, Regional Phasing, is modified by designating the lands referred to in

subparagraph i as “Urban Area with Regional Phasing between 2021 and 2051”.

8. Official

plan amendment 6 adopted by the Region of Waterloo pursuant to By-law No.

22-038 is modified as follows:

i. Map

3, Employment Area, is deleted and replaced with Map 3, Employment Area, being

a map numbered 349 and filed at the Toronto office of the Ministry of Municipal

Affairs and Housing located at 777 Bay Street.

ii. Map

1, Regional Structure, and Map 2, Urban System, are modified to designate lands

as Urban Area, Township Urban Area or Designated Greenfield Area, as applicable

in accordance with Map 3.

Commencement

This

Schedule is deemed to have come into force on December 6, 2023.

SCHEDULE 4

PHOTO CARD ACT, 2008

(1) Section 8 of the Photo Card Act, 2008

is amended by striking out “The Minister” in the portion before clause (

a) and

substituting “Subject to subsection (2), the Minister”.

(2) Section

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

Same

(2) For

each six-month period or part thereof during which a photo card is valid, the

holder of the photo card shall pay a fee of $3.50.

Commencement

This

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

Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE 5

PROTECTING AGAINST CARBON TAXES ACT, 2024

Interpretation

Definitions

Carbon Pricing Protection

Restriction

on establishment of carbon pricing program

Restriction

on authority re carbon pricing program

The Referendum Question and the

Effect of the Referendum

Criteria

for referendum question

Proposed

referendum question

Referendum

question

Effect

of the referendum

The Referendum Process

Writ

of referendum

Duty

to register

Prohibition,

receiving campaign contributions

Limit

on campaign contributions

Campaign

advertising as contribution

Period

for campaign advertising

Limit

on campaign expenses

Financial

Report

Application

of the Election Finances Act

Application

of Election Act

Cost

of referendum

General

Offences

Consequential Amendments

Election

Act

Election

Finances Act

Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999

Commencement and

Short Title

Commencement

Short

title

Interpretation

Definitions

1 In this Act,

“campaign

organizer” means a person or entity who is required by

section 9 to apply for

registration with the Chief Electoral Officer; (“organisateur de campagne”)

“carbon

pricing program” means a program intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by

imposing a tax, fee, charge or other levy on those emissions; (“programme de

tarification du carbone”)

“Chief

Electoral Officer” means the Chief Electoral Officer appointed under the Election Act ; (“directeur général des élections”)

“greenhouse

gas” means greenhouse gas within the meaning of the Environmental

Protection Act ; (“gaz à effet de serre”)

“person”

includes a trade union. (“personne”)

Carbon Pricing Protection

Restriction

on establishment of carbon pricing program

(1) A member of the Executive

Council shall not include in a bill a provision that establishes a carbon

pricing program unless,

(

a) a

referendum concerning the carbon pricing program is held under this Act before

the bill is introduced in the Assembly; and

(

b) the

referendum authorizes the carbon pricing program.

Same,

regulation

(2) A

person or entity with the power to make a regulation shall not make a

regulation that establishes a carbon pricing program unless,

(

a) a

referendum concerning the carbon pricing program is held under this Act before

the regulation is made; and

(

b) the

referendum authorizes the carbon pricing program.

Same

(3) For

greater certainty, subsection (2) does not apply with respect to a regulation

that changes the industrial greenhouse gas emissions program established by

Ontario Regulation 241/19 (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Performance Standards) made

under the Environmental Protection Act but

subsection (2) does apply if the regulation establishes a new carbon pricing

program by imposing a tax, fee, charge or other levy on emissions from

activities that are not industrial activities.

Restriction

on authority re carbon pricing program

3 A member of the Executive Council shall not

include in a bill a provision that gives a person or body (other than the

Crown) the authority to establish a carbon pricing program unless,

(

a) a

referendum concerning the authority that is given to the person or body is held

under this Act before the bill is introduced in the Assembly; and

(

b) the

referendum authorizes the authority to be given to the person or body.

The Referendum Question and the Effect of the Referendum

Criteria

for referendum question

(1) A referendum question must be

clear, concise and impartial in its wording and must be capable of being

answered in the affirmative or the negative.

Same,

carbon pricing program

(2) A

referendum question may refer to a proposed carbon pricing program in general

terms or may propose a specific carbon pricing program.

Proposed

referendum question

(1) The Executive Council shall give

a proposed referendum question to the Chief Electoral Officer for review.

Results

of review

(2) The

Chief Electoral Officer shall advise the Executive Council whether, in the

opinion of the Chief Electoral Officer, the proposed question complies with

subsection 4 (1) and may suggest changes to a proposed question to make it

better comply with that subsection.

Referendum

question

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in

Council shall determine the wording of a referendum question.

Same

(2) The

wording of a referendum question is not reviewable by any court or tribunal for

the purpose of determining whether the question complies with

section 4.

Public

notice

(3) Before

issuing a writ of referendum, the Lieutenant Governor in Council shall give the

following documents to the Clerk of the Assembly and shall make them available

to the public:

1. A

copy of the referendum question.

2. A

copy of the proposed question given to the Chief Electoral Officer and the

advice received from the Chief Electoral Officer about the proposed question.

3. A

statement setting out the increase in annual revenues that the Government of

Ontario expects to result from any proposed carbon pricing program described in

the referendum question.

Effect

of the referendum

(1) A referendum authorizes the

action described in the referendum question if more than 50 per cent of votes

cast in the referendum are cast in favour of the action.

Effect

on subsequent government

(2) A

referendum shall not be interpreted to require the Executive Council of a

subsequent government formed by another party to establish a carbon pricing

program or give authority to establish a carbon pricing program as described in

the referendum question.

The Referendum Process

Writ

of referendum

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in

Council may issue a writ of referendum and shall fix the date of the

referendum.

Date

(2) The

date of the referendum must be at least 28 days and not more than 56 days after

the day on which the writ is issued, and must fall on a Thursday.

Duty

to register

(1) Every person or entity who

wishes to organize a campaign to solicit votes in favour of a particular result

or to promote a particular result in a referendum shall apply to the Chief

Electoral Officer for registration as a campaign organizer.

Same

(2) Every

person or entity who wishes to advertise in order to solicit votes in favour of

a particular result or to advertise to promote a particular result in a

referendum shall apply to the Chief Electoral Officer for registration as a

campaign organizer.

Exception

(3) A

person or entity is not required to apply for registration if the following

requirements are met:

1. The

person or entity must not spend more than $1,000 on the campaign to solicit

votes or promote a particular result.

2. The

person or entity must not combine the person or entity’s money with that of

another person or entity and then spend it on the campaign to solicit votes or

promote a particular result.

Same

(4) A

broadcaster or publisher is not required to apply for registration solely

because the broadcaster or publisher broadcasts or publishes advertisements

described in subsection (2) in the ordinary course of business.

Contents

of application

(5) The

application must contain such information as the Chief Electoral Officer

requires and must be accompanied by the application fee set by the Chief

Electoral Officer.

Prerequisite

(6) No

application may be made until the applicant has appointed a chief financial

officer and an auditor licensed under the Public

Accounting Act, 2004 .

Registration

(7) The

Chief Electoral Officer shall register an applicant upon receipt of the

application and fee unless the name of the applicant so closely resembles the

name of another registered campaign organizer that the two are likely to be

confused.

(8) The

Chief Electoral Officer shall maintain a register containing the names of all

registered campaign organizers and the information set out in their respective

applications for registration, as that information may be revised.

Inspection

(9) The

Chief Electoral Officer shall make the register available for inspection by the

public on request.

Duty

to notify

(10) A

registered campaign organizer shall notify the Chief Electoral Officer within a

reasonable time if there is any change to the information provided in the

application for registration, and the Chief Electoral Officer shall revise the

Change

of name

(11) If

the change relates to the name of the campaign organizer, the Chief Electoral

Officer shall not revise the register if the changed name would so closely

resemble the name of another registered campaign organizer that the two are

likely to be confused. In those circumstances, the name of the campaign

organizer shall not be changed.

Prohibition,

receiving campaign contributions

(1) After a writ of referendum is

issued, no person or entity shall accept a contribution to a campaign to

solicit votes in favour of a particular result or to promote a particular

result in the referendum unless the person or entity is, or is acting on behalf

of, a registered campaign organizer.

Same

(2) After

a writ of referendum is issued, no registered campaign organizer shall

knowingly accept, directly or indirectly, contributions from an individual who

usually resides outside Ontario, a corporation that does not carry on business

in Ontario or a trade union that does not engage in activities in Ontario.

Limit

on campaign contributions

(1) No person or entity shall

contribute more than $7,500, multiplied by the indexation factor determined

under

section 40.1 of the Election Finances Act , to

one or more campaign organizers who are soliciting votes in favour of the same

result or are promoting the same result in a referendum.

Campaign

organizer’s funds

(2) If

a campaign organizer spends the campaign organizer’s own money on a campaign,

the money shall be considered to be a contribution.

Records

(3) If

a registered campaign organizer (or a person or entity acting on behalf of one)

receives contributions from a person or entity that, in the aggregate, exceed

$25 in connection with the same referendum question, the campaign organizer’s chief

financial officer shall record the contributions and, if the contributions in

the aggregate exceed $100, shall record the person’s or entity’s name and

address.

Campaign

advertising as contribution

(1) In this section,

“campaign

advertising” includes printing documents but does not include news reporting.

Threshold

(2) If

a person or entity engages in campaign advertising with the knowledge and

consent of a campaign organizer and the aggregate cost of the advertising

exceeds $100, the cost is a contribution to the campaign organizer and is a

campaign expense of the campaign organizer.

Authorization

(3) All

campaign advertising must indicate the campaign organizer, if any, who has

authorized it and the persons or entities sponsoring it.

Identification

(4) No

person or entity shall cause any campaign advertising to be broadcast or

published unless the person or entity gives the broadcaster or publisher, in

writing, the person’s or entity’s name and the name of the persons or entities

sponsoring the advertising.

Records

(5) The

broadcaster or publisher shall keep the following information for at least two

years and shall make it available for inspection by the public on request:

1. A

copy of the campaign advertising.

2. The

dates and, if applicable, the times when the advertising was broadcast or

published.

3. The

names given to the broadcaster or publisher under subsection (4).

4. The

amount charged to broadcast or publish the advertising.

5. The

amount that the broadcaster or publisher would ordinarily have charged to

broadcast or publish the advertising, if the amount is different from the

amount actually charged.

Period

for campaign advertising

(1) In this section,

“blackout

period” means the day on which the referendum is held, and the preceding day.

Same

(2) No

person or entity shall arrange for or consent to campaign advertising that

appears during the blackout period.

Same

(3) No

broadcaster or publisher shall allow campaign advertising to appear during the

blackout period.

Exceptions

(4) Subsections

(2) and (3) do not prohibit the following:

1. The

publication of campaign advertising on the day on which the referendum is held

or the preceding day in a newspaper that is published once a week or less often

and whose regular day of publication falls on that day.

2. A

campaign advertisement on the Internet or in a similar electronic medium, if it

is posted before and not altered during the blackout period.

3. A

campaign advertisement in the form of a poster or billboard, if it is posted

before and not altered during the blackout period.

Exceptions

subject to guidelines

(5) Subsections

(2) and (3) do not apply with respect to the following activities if they are

done in accordance with the guidelines of the Chief Electoral Officer:

1. Advertising

public meetings.

2. Announcing

the location of a registered campaign organizer’s headquarters.

3. Advertising

for volunteer campaign workers.

4. Announcing

services to be provided by a registered campaign organizer in connection with

enumeration and the revision of lists of voters.

5. Announcing

services to be provided by a registered campaign organizer on the day the

referendum is held.

Limit

on campaign expenses

(1) Subject to subsection (2), no

campaign organizer (or a person or entity acting on behalf of one) shall incur

campaign expenses in an electoral district that exceed the amount that is the

aggregate of $0.80, multiplied by the indexation factor described in subsection

(3), for each of the eligible voters in the electoral district (as certified by

the Chief Electoral Officer).

Same

(2) In

such northern electoral districts as may be prescribed, the amount calculated

under subsection (1) is increased by $9,310, multiplied by the indexation

factor described in subsection (3).

Indexation

(3) The

indexation factor is the factor determined under

section 40.1 of the Election Finances Act .

Regulations

(4) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation prescribe northern electoral

districts for the purposes of subsection (2).

Financial

Report

15 The chief financial officer for a registered

campaign organizer shall file the following documents with the Chief Electoral

Officer within six months after the referendum is held:

1. The

campaign organizer’s financial statements with respect to the referendum

campaign.

2. The

information required by subsection 11 (3) in connection with the campaign.

3. The

auditor’s report on the financial statements and on the information required by

subsection 11 (3).

Application

of the Election Finances Act

(1) The Election

Finances Act applies, with necessary modifications including the

modifications set out in this Act, in respect of a referendum campaign unless

the context requires otherwise.

Definition

(2) For

the purposes of this Act,

“person”,

in the Election Finances Act , shall be deemed to

include a corporation and a trade union.

Application

of Election Act

17 The Election Act

applies, with necessary modifications including the modifications set out in

this Act, in respect of a referendum unless the context requires otherwise.

Cost

of referendum

18 The costs of the Chief Electoral Officer that

are associated with a referendum under this Act shall be paid from the

Consolidated Revenue Fund.

General

Offences

(1) Every

person or entity who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the following

provisions is guilty of an offence:

1. Subsection

9 (1) or (2) (registration, campaign organizer).

2. Subsection

10 (1) or (2) (receiving campaign contributions).

3. Subsection

11 (1) (limit on campaign contributions).

4. Subsection

12 (4) (restriction on campaign advertising).

5. Subsection

13 (2) or (3) (period for campaign advertising).

Section

15 (financial report re campaign).

Same

(2) If

a chief financial officer fails to comply with

section 15, the chief financial

officer’s registered campaign organizer is guilty of an offence, whether or not

the chief financial officer has been prosecuted or convicted for failure to comply.

Penalty

(3) Upon

conviction of an offence, an individual is liable to a fine of not more than

$25,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or both.

Same

(4) Upon

conviction of an offence, a corporation, trade union or other entity is liable

to a fine of not more than $100,000.

Consequential Amendments

Election

Act

20 Clause 114 (1.1) (

b) of the Election Act is amended by striking out “and the Taxpayer Protection Act, 1999 ” at the end and

substituting “the Taxpayer Protection Act, 1999 and

the Protecting Against Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 ”.

Election

Finances Act

21 (1) Subsection 2 (1) of the Election Finances Act is amended by adding the following

clause:

(a.2) assist

campaign organizers under the Protecting Against Carbon

Taxes Act, 2024 in the preparation of returns required under that Act;

(2) Clause

2 (1) (

c) of the Act is amended by striking out “and the Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999 ” at the end and substituting “the Taxpayer Protection Act, 1999 and the Protecting Against Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 ”.

(3) Clause

2 (1) (

g) of the Act is amended by striking out “or sections 7 to 13 of the Taxpayer Protection Act, 1999 ” at the end and

substituting “sections 11 to 17 of the Taxpayer Protection

Act, 1999 or sections 9 to 15 of the Protecting

Against Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 ”.

(4) Clause

2 (1) (

i) of the Act is amended by striking out “or the Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999 ” at the end and substituting “the Taxpayer Protection Act, 1999 or the Protecting Against Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 ”.

(5) Subsection

2 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(j.1.1) provide

such guidelines for the proper administration of the Protecting

Against Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 as the Chief Electoral Officer considers

necessary for the guidance of campaign organizers and any of their officers;

(6) Clause

2 (1) (

k) of the Act is amended by striking out “and (j.1)” in the portion

before subclause (

i) and substituting “(j.1) and (j.1.1)”.

(7) Subsection

2 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “and the Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999 ” and substituting “the Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999 and the Protecting Against

Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 ”.

(8) Section

3 of the Act is amended by striking out “or the Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999 ” and substituting “the Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999 or the Protecting Against

Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 ”.

(9) Section

6 of the Act is amended by striking out “or the Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999 ” and substituting “the Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999 or the Protecting Against

Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 ”.

(10) Section

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

Same

(1.2) If

information with respect to the affairs of a registered campaign organizer

under the Protecting Against Carbon Taxes Act, 2024

is reasonably necessary for the performance of the Chief Electoral Officer’s

duties under that Act, the Chief Electoral Officer may request the information

and the campaign organizer shall provide it.

(11) Section

8 of the Act is amended by striking out “and the Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999 ” and substituting “the Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999 and the Protecting Against

Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 ”.

Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999

22 The Taxpayer Protection

Act, 1999 is amended by adding the following section:

Non-application

1.1 This Act does not apply

to a bill or regulation to which the Protecting Against

Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 applies.

Commencement and

Short Title

Commencement

23 The Act set out in this

Schedule comes into

force on the day the Get It Done Act, 2024 receives

Royal Assent.

Short

title

24 The

short title of the Act set out in this

Schedule is the Protecting Against Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 .

SCHEDULE 6

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT ACT

The Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

is amended by adding the following section:

No toll

(1) No

toll may be charged for travel on a highway where the road authority is the

Crown, unless the toll is authorized by

an Act.

Definition

(2) In

this section,

“toll”

means a charge or levy imposed for travel on a highway, the amount of which is

calculated proportionately to the distance travelled or is a fixed amount.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Get It Done

Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

Bill 162 As Amended by Standing Committee (PDF)

This

reprint of the Bill is marked to indicate the changes that were made in

Committee.

The

changes are indicated by underlines for

new text and a strikethrough for deleted text.

______________

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

SCHEDULE 1

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT

The

Schedule amends the Environmental Assessment Act to

provide that, a reference to acquiring property or rights in property is a

reference to doing so by purchase, lease, expropriation or otherwise.

SCHEDULE 2

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Highway Traffic

Act in respect of vehicle permits. Provisions are added respecting when

the validation of a permit shall be refused and when the status, validation

period or expiry date of a permit may be changed. Amendments also provide that

a contravention of the requirement to have a currently valid permit is an

offence and that an expired, cancelled or suspended permit is not a currently

valid permit.

The

Schedule also adds

section 5.0.1 to the Act, which provides that for each

six-month period or part thereof during which a driver’s licence is valid, the

holder of the driver’s licence shall pay a fee of $7.50.

SCHEDULE 3

OFFICIAL PLAN ADJUSTMENTS ACT, 2023

Currently,

sections 1 and 2 of the Official Plan Adjustments Act,

2023 provide that specified decisions under subsection 17 (34) of the Planning Act are deemed never to have been made and that

the official plans and amendments to official plans that were the subject of

those decisions were deemed to have been approved as of the dates of the

respective decisions. A number of the official plans and amendments are

modified as indicated in the Act and approved as modified. The Table to

section

1, and

section 2, are both re-enacted retroactively and include various

changes.

SCHEDULE 4

PHOTO CARD ACT, 2008

The

Schedule amends the Photo Card Act, 2008 by adding

subsection 8 (2). Subsection 8 (2) provides that for each six-month period or

part thereof during which a photo card is valid, the holder of the photo card

shall pay a fee of $3.50.

SCHEDULE 5

PROTECTING AGAINST CARBON TAXES ACT, 2024

The

Schedule enacts the Protecting Against Carbon Taxes Act,

2024 . New rules are established with respect to carbon pricing programs.

New rules are also established when an authority to establish a carbon pricing

program is to be given to another person or body. Before a carbon pricing

program under a statute or regulation can be established and before the

authority to establish a carbon pricing program can be given to another person

or body, there must be a referendum authorizing it.

Provisions

governing referendums and referendum campaigns are set out. Proposed referendum

questions are given to the Chief Electoral Officer for review. The Lieutenant

Governor in Council decides upon the wording of the referendum question and

issues a writ of referendum. The referendum is conducted in accordance with the

Election Act and the campaign in accordance with

the Election Finances Act , as modified by the new

Act. Offences are established with respect to referendum campaigns. The costs

of the Chief Electoral Officer are payable from the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

The referendum authorizes a proposed carbon pricing program or a proposal to

give a person or body an authority to establish a carbon pricing program, as

described in the referendum question, if more than 50 per cent of the votes are

cast in favour of it.

Complementary

amendments are made with respect to the powers and duties of the Chief

Electoral Officer under the Election Act and the Election Finances Act . The Taxpayer

Protection Act, 1999 is amended to provide that it does not apply to a

bill or regulation to which the Protecting Against Carbon

Taxes Act, 2024 applies.

SCHEDULE 6

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT ACT

The

Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

is amended to prohibit tolls from being charged for travel on a highway where

the road authority is the Crown, unless the toll is authorized by

an Act.

Bill 162 2024

Act to enact the Protecting Against Carbon Taxes Act, 2024 and amend various

Acts

Preamble

Contents

of this Act

Commencement

Short

title

Schedule 1

Environmental

Assessment Act

Schedule 2

Highway

Traffic Act

Schedule 3

Official

Plan Adjustments Act, 2023

Schedule 4

Photo

Card Act, 2008

Schedule 5

Protecting

Against Carbon Taxes Act, 2024

Schedule 6

Public

Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

Preamble

The

Government of Ontario:

creating the conditions to rebuild Ontario’s economy to support better jobs and

deliver economic prosperity.

helping to get shovels in the ground sooner on new roads, highways and public

transit in order to reduce gridlock, help ensure we have housing for a growing

population and move the province’s economy forward.

Believes

in supporting workers, families and businesses with policies that keep costs

down and make life easier and more convenient, including by protecting against

the high cost of a provincial carbon tax, banning new tolls on public highways

and freezing current fees on driver’s licences and Ontario Photo Cards.

Will

get it done.

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

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

force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, a

proclamation may apply to one or more of those provisions, and proclamations

may be issued at different times with respect to any of those provisions.

Short

title

3 The

short title of this Act is the Get It Done Act, 2024 .

SCHEDULE 1

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT

Section 1 of the Environmental Assessment Act is

amended by adding the following subsection:

Acquisition

of property

(7) For

greater certainty, under this Act, a reference to acquiring property or rights

in property is a reference to acquiring the property or rights in property by purchase,

lease, expropriation or otherwise.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Get It Done

Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 2

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

(1) The French version of the definition of “conversion unit” in

subsection 1 (1) of the Highway Traffic Act is

repealed.

(2) The

French version of subsection 1 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the

following definition:

«unité

de conversion» Appareil mécanique formé d’un essieu simple conçu pour

transformer un véhicule à deux essieux en un véhicule à trois essieux. («conversion unit»)

Subsection 5 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “The Lieutenant Governor

in Council” in the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “Subject to

section 5.0.1, the Lieutenant Governor in Council”.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Fee

for driver’s licence

5.0.1 For each six-month

period or part thereof during which a driver’s licence is valid, the holder of

the driver’s licence shall pay a fee of $7.50.

Section 6 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(1.1) In

this Part, a permit that is expired, under suspension or cancelled is not a currently

validated permit.

Section 7 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Penalty

(3.1) Every

person who contravenes clause (1) (

a) is guilty of an offence and on conviction

is liable to a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000.

Same

(3.2) Despite

subsection (3.1), every person who contravenes clause (1) (

a) is guilty of an

offence and, if the offence was committed by means of a commercial motor

vehicle, on conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $250 and not more

than $2,500.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Validation of permit

7.0.1

(1) Validation

of a permit for a prescribed class of vehicle shall be refused if the

prescribed requirements are not met.

Change

of status, validation period

(2) The

Ministry may, at any time, in the prescribed circumstances,

(

a) change

the status of a permit to valid or expired; or

(

b) change the period of validation or

expiry date of a permit in accordance with the regulations.

Same

(3) The

Ministry shall, in the prescribed circumstances, change the status of a permit

from valid to cancelled.

No right to appeal or be heard

(4) There

is no appeal from, or right to be heard before, a refusal to validate a permit

under subsection (1), a change to a permit’s status under subsection (2) or

(3), or a change to a permit’s period of validation or expiry date under

subsection (2).

Protection

from personal liability

(5) No

action or other proceeding shall be instituted against the Minister, the

Registrar of Motor Vehicles, a public servant or a delegate or agent of the

Minister for anything done in good faith in the execution or intended execution

of a power or duty under subsection (1), (2) or (3) or for any alleged neglect

or default in the execution in good faith of a power or duty under subsection

(1), (2) or (3).

Crown

not relieved of liability

(6) Despite

subsection 8 (3) of the Crown Liability and Proceedings

Act, 2019 , subsection (5) of this

section does not relieve the Crown of liability

in respect of a tort committed by a person mentioned in subsection (5) to which

it would otherwise be subject.

Regulations

(7) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(

a) prescribing,

for the purposes of subsection (1), classes of vehicles and requirements for

the validation of permits;

(

b) governing

the changing of a permit’s status, period of validation or expiry date under

subsection (2), including,

(

i) prescribing

the circumstances in which the Ministry may change a permit’s status, period of

validation or expiry date,

(ii) prescribing

the period of validation or expiry date of a permit or the method of

determining the period of validation or expiry date, and

(iii) governing

whether notice of a change is required to be given to the holder of the permit

and if so, by what means;

(

c) governing

the changing of a permit’s status under subsection (3) from valid to cancelled,

including,

(

i) prescribing

the circumstances in which the Ministry may change a permit’s status from valid

to cancelled, and

(ii) governing

whether notice of a change is required to be given to the holder of the permit

and if so, by what means.

The French version of clause 10 (2) (

b) of the Act is amended by striking out

“d’un essieu relevable” and substituting “d’une unité de conversion”.

Clause 41 (5) (

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

(

a) an

order directing that the accused be discharged is made under

section 730 of the

Criminal Code (Canada);

(a.1) an

order directing that the accused be discharged is made under or in relation to

a provision designated in a reciprocal agreement entered into under

section 40;

Clause 42 (4) (

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

(

a) an

order directing that the accused be discharged is made under

section 730 of the

Criminal Code (Canada);

(a.1) an

order directing that the accused be discharged is made under or in relation to

a provision designated in a reciprocal agreement entered into under

section 40;

The French version of clause 48 (11) (

d) of the Act is amended by striking out

“document” and substituting “matériel”.

The French version of the definition of “vehicle” in

section 61 of the Act is

amended by striking out “un essieu relevable” and substituting “une unité de

conversion”.

(1) The French version of subsection 105 (1) of the Act is amended

by,

(

a) striking

out “d’essieux relevables” and substituting “d’unités de conversion”; and

(

b) striking

out “des essieux relevables” and substituting “des unités de conversion”.

(2) The

French version of subsection 105 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “d’essieux

relevables” and substituting “d’unités de conversion”.

(1) The French version of subsection 121 (2) of the Act is amended

by,

(

a) striking

out “un essieu relevable est utilisé” and substituting “une unité de conversion

est utilisée”; and

(

b) striking

out “l’essieu relevable est fixé” and substituting “l’unité de conversion est

fixée”.

(2) The

French version of subsection 121 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out

“l’essieu relevable visé” and substituting “l’unité de conversion visée”.

Commencement

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

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Get It Done Act, 2024

receives Royal Assent.

(2) Sections

1 to 7 and 11 to 13 come into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the

Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE 3

OFFICIAL PLAN ADJUSTMENTS ACT, 2023

The Table to

section 1 of the Official Plan Adjustments

Act, 2023 is repealed and the following substituted:

Table

Item

Column

Official plan or amendment to an official plan

Column

Date of decision under subsection 17 (34) of the Planning

Act

Column

Modifications set out in the decision referred to in subsection 1 (1) that

apply to the official plan or amendment to an official plan

Official

plan adopted by the City of Barrie pursuant to By-law 2022-016

April

11, 2023

Modifications

numbered 1, 3, 4, 6 to 8, 11 to 17, 19 to 24, 26 to 37, 39 to 63, 65 to 69,

71 and 72

Official

plan adopted by the City of Belleville pursuant to By-law 2021-180

April

11, 2023

Modifications

numbered 1, 9 to 11, 13, 14, 16 and 23

Official

plan amendment 80 adopted by the City of Guelph pursuant to By-law 2022-20731

April

11, 2023

Modifications

numbered 1, 2, 5 to 8, 13 to 15,

17 and 18 13 to 15

and 17

Official

plan amendment 49 adopted by the Regional Municipality of Halton pursuant to

By-law 35-22

November

4, 2022

Modifications

numbered 1 to 19, 39, 42 and 45

Official

plan amendment 34 amending the Rural Hamilton Official Plan and adopted by

the City of Hamilton pursuant to By-law 22-146

November

4, 2022

None

Official

plan amendment 167 amending the Urban Hamilton Official Plan and adopted by

the City of Hamilton pursuant to By-law 22-145

November

4, 2022

Modifications

numbered 17, 18, 26, 35, 36 and 40 to 47

Official

plan adopted by the Regional Municipality of Niagara pursuant to By-law

2022-47

November

4, 2022

Modifications

numbered 5, 24, 25, 32, 33, 39, 42 and 44

Official

plan adopted by the City of Ottawa pursuant to By-law 2021-386

November

4, 2022

Modifications

numbered 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13

Official

plan adopted by the Regional Municipality of Peel pursuant to By-law 20-2022

November

4, 2022

Modifications

numbered 1, 3, 5, 16 to 19, 21 to 26, 28, 30 to 35 and 37 to 43

Official

plan adopted by the City of Peterborough pursuant to By-law 2f1-105 By-law 21-105

April

11, 2023

Modifications

numbered 8 to 10, 12, 13 , 16, 18, 19, 20 to 27, 33, 35, 39, 41 to 44, 46 to 49, 50 to 55 50 to 56 and 58 to 60