AMO Policy Update – May 20, 2010 Legislation

Bills Introduced Since May 11, 2010

One new bill has 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 64 (M/Dave Levac), Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act  (Scented Products), 2010 (requires employers to prepare annual written policies on the use of scented products) - May 11, 2010 - First Reading.