Queen’s Park is now adjourned as MPPs return to their local ridings for a constituency week and will return on October 19. Bill 204, Helping Tenants and Small Businesses Act, 2020 This legislation was introduced on September 17 by Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal...
Education Policy
Legislative Update – September 21, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario reconvened this week on Monday, September 14, 2020. The government issued a news release, Health Preparedness and Rebuilding the Economy Top Priorities in Ontario's Fall Legislative Agenda, outlining its priorities for the fall...
Legislative Update – September 11, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario reconvenes on September 14, and for now, will follow the traditional sitting schedule of meeting Mondays to Thursdays. The parliamentary calendar also includes the fall constituency weeks. September Return-to-School Plans Many...
Legislative Update – August 7, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is adjourned until September 14, 2020. Please see the following for an update on recent items. September Return to School Plans Following the announcement of last week’s Guide to Reopening Ontario’s Schools that provided details for...
Legislative Update – July 13, 2020
Members of Provincial Parliament returned to Queen’s Park last week on July 6, 7 and 8. The current parliamentary calendar indicates sitting dates only for this week and next in July, with no dates scheduled for August, and MPPs returning on September 14, 2020. Bill...
Legislative Update – June 22, 2020
Members of Provincial Parliament returned to Queen’s Park on June 16 and 17, and will also sit next on June 23. There was one new piece of legislation introduced (and passed), which was Bill 192, Protecting Small Business Act, 2020. The government moved to temporarily...
Legislative Update – June 15, 2020
Members of Provincial Parliament return to Queen’s Park on June 16, after having a constituency week last week. This will be the first of semi-regular summer sittings. On June 8, Premier Doug Ford announced that much of Ontario, outside of the GTA,...
Government releases “Federal Guidance for School Bus Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
The Federal Guidance for School Bus Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic is now available. The Transportation Canada D250 Committee on Safety will issue separate guidelines on Shields and Enclosure Systems that separate the driver from others as they enter and exit...
Legislative Update – June 1, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario resumed last Tuesday and Wednesday. Much of the discussion during Question Period focused on the situation involving long term care facilities. No new pandemic-related legislation was introduced but the government did extend the...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – May 23, 2020
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting using the Zoom platform on May 23, 2020. President Cathy Abraham gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on the traditional territory of the Indigenous...
Legislative Update – May 4, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned and is scheduled to resume on May 12, 2020. MPPs must do this every 28 days to renew the emergency declaration and will sit for a reduced Question Period that morning. We understand the Ministry of Education...
Legislative Update – April 27, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned and is scheduled to resume on May 12, 2020. MPPs must do this every 28 days to renew the emergency declaration, and they will sit for a reduced Question Period that morning. Cabinet has extended all emergency...
Legislative Update – April 17, 2020
A total of 28 MPPs met (physically distanced) at the Legislature on April 14 to obtain legislative approval to extend the state of emergency in the province. The extension of the provincial declaration allows Ontario to continue to enforce current emergency orders,...
Legislative Update – April 14, 2020
MPPs are scheduled to meet April 14 to obtain legislative approval to extend the state of emergency. Other items may include pieces of legislation to move forward on previous announced initiatives, such as the six month extension of OSAP payments. OPSBA will monitor...
Legislative Update – September 16, 2019
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains on summer recess and resumes on Monday, October 28, 2019. OPSBA Federal Election Resource Guide for School Boards and Trustees On September 11, the writ was drawn up for the upcoming Federal Election, which takes place...
Legislative Update – August 9, 2019
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains on summer recess and resumes on October 28, 2019. Executive Compensation Treasury Board staff are continuing to work toward a broader public sector executive compensation policy that is expected to be implemented this fall....
Legislative Update – June 10, 2019
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has risen for summer recess. The government passed a motion on June 6 that will see MPPs return to Queen's Park on October 28, 2019 – a week after the Federal Election. The government issued a news release, Ontario Government...
Legislative Update – May 7, 2019
Bill 100, Protecting What Matters Most Act (Budget Measures) This bill was introduced on April 11, 2019, by Minister of Finance Vic Fedeli. This is the government's budget implementation omnibus legislation and includes 61 schedules – changes to various Acts. There...
Education Policy
Legislative Update – October 13, 2020
Queen’s Park is now adjourned as MPPs return to their local ridings for a constituency week and will return on October 19. Bill 204, Helping Tenants and Small Businesses Act, 2020 This legislation was introduced on September 17 by Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal...
Legislative Update – September 21, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario reconvened this week on Monday, September 14, 2020. The government issued a news release, Health Preparedness and Rebuilding the Economy Top Priorities in Ontario's Fall Legislative Agenda, outlining its priorities for the fall...
Legislative Update – September 11, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario reconvenes on September 14, and for now, will follow the traditional sitting schedule of meeting Mondays to Thursdays. The parliamentary calendar also includes the fall constituency weeks. September Return-to-School Plans Many...
Legislative Update – August 7, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is adjourned until September 14, 2020. Please see the following for an update on recent items. September Return to School Plans Following the announcement of last week’s Guide to Reopening Ontario’s Schools that provided details for...
Legislative Update – July 13, 2020
Members of Provincial Parliament returned to Queen’s Park last week on July 6, 7 and 8. The current parliamentary calendar indicates sitting dates only for this week and next in July, with no dates scheduled for August, and MPPs returning on September 14, 2020. Bill...
Legislative Update – June 22, 2020
Members of Provincial Parliament returned to Queen’s Park on June 16 and 17, and will also sit next on June 23. There was one new piece of legislation introduced (and passed), which was Bill 192, Protecting Small Business Act, 2020. The government moved to temporarily...
Legislative Update – June 15, 2020
Members of Provincial Parliament return to Queen’s Park on June 16, after having a constituency week last week. This will be the first of semi-regular summer sittings. On June 8, Premier Doug Ford announced that much of Ontario, outside of the GTA,...
Government releases “Federal Guidance for School Bus Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
The Federal Guidance for School Bus Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic is now available. The Transportation Canada D250 Committee on Safety will issue separate guidelines on Shields and Enclosure Systems that separate the driver from others as they enter and exit...
Legislative Update – June 1, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario resumed last Tuesday and Wednesday. Much of the discussion during Question Period focused on the situation involving long term care facilities. No new pandemic-related legislation was introduced but the government did extend the...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – May 23, 2020
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting using the Zoom platform on May 23, 2020. President Cathy Abraham gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on the traditional territory of the Indigenous...
Legislative Update – May 4, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned and is scheduled to resume on May 12, 2020. MPPs must do this every 28 days to renew the emergency declaration and will sit for a reduced Question Period that morning. We understand the Ministry of Education...
Legislative Update – April 27, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned and is scheduled to resume on May 12, 2020. MPPs must do this every 28 days to renew the emergency declaration, and they will sit for a reduced Question Period that morning. Cabinet has extended all emergency...
Legislative Update – April 17, 2020
A total of 28 MPPs met (physically distanced) at the Legislature on April 14 to obtain legislative approval to extend the state of emergency in the province. The extension of the provincial declaration allows Ontario to continue to enforce current emergency orders,...
Legislative Update – April 14, 2020
MPPs are scheduled to meet April 14 to obtain legislative approval to extend the state of emergency. Other items may include pieces of legislation to move forward on previous announced initiatives, such as the six month extension of OSAP payments. OPSBA will monitor...
Legislative Update – September 16, 2019
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains on summer recess and resumes on Monday, October 28, 2019. OPSBA Federal Election Resource Guide for School Boards and Trustees On September 11, the writ was drawn up for the upcoming Federal Election, which takes place...
Legislative Update – August 9, 2019
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains on summer recess and resumes on October 28, 2019. Executive Compensation Treasury Board staff are continuing to work toward a broader public sector executive compensation policy that is expected to be implemented this fall....
Legislative Update – June 10, 2019
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has risen for summer recess. The government passed a motion on June 6 that will see MPPs return to Queen's Park on October 28, 2019 – a week after the Federal Election. The government issued a news release, Ontario Government...
Legislative Update – May 7, 2019
Bill 100, Protecting What Matters Most Act (Budget Measures) This bill was introduced on April 11, 2019, by Minister of Finance Vic Fedeli. This is the government's budget implementation omnibus legislation and includes 61 schedules – changes to various Acts. There...