AMO Policy Update – April 8, 2010 Legislation

Bills Introduced Since March 31

Two new bills have recently been introduced, which directly impact municipalities.  Bills are categorized as Government Bills (G), as Private Members’ Public Bills (M) which are both concerned with matters of general public policy or Private Bills (Pr) which are concerned with institutions or specific municipalities.  Government Bills are introduced into the  Legislature by members of Cabinet, Private Members’ Public Bills are introduced by members of the Legislature outside of Cabinet and Private Bills are introduced by members of the Legislature who sponsor the bill. Government and Private Members’ Public Bills are numbered consecutively, while Private Bills have the “PR” prefix and are numbered separately.  The status of current bills is available at:  http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_current.do?locale=en.
            
New Bills:

• Bill 20 (M/Peter Tabuns), Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2010 relates to transferring work performed by employees represented by a bargaining agent – March 30, 2010 – First Reading.
• Bill 25 (M/Kim Craitor), Transparency in Public Matters Act, 2010 relates to requiring certain public bodies to hold open public meetings, to give reasonable public notice of meetings and of a  meeting agenda – March 31, 2010 – First Reading.