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We are moving forward with regulatory changes to allow the ministry and drinking water systems to act quickly to help ensure that drinking water in Ontario is protected during an emergency, including by providing systems with temporary staffing options, and operators with temporary relief from training and certification requirements.

Pursuant to Section 53 of the Planning Act, provisional consent was granted on February 10, 2023, in respect of Application 54-C-218302 for the creation of one new resource-based recreational lot on lands in Ingram unincorporated township, District of Timiskaming.

5026367 Ontario Inc. was issued a licence to extract aggregate from a pit in the Municipality of Thames Centre.

Certificate of Property Use No.1712-C7KHFS for 241, 247 and 251 Esther Shiner Boulevard, Toronto was issued to the City of Toronto as part of their development plans for the site.

The proposed reclassification was cancelled.

Bill 134, the Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023, received Third Reading on November 29, 2023. The Act amends the definition of “affordable residential units” in the Development Charges Act to lower the cost of building, purchasing, and renting these units.

We have approved the amended Environmental Compliance Approval Waste Management of Canada Corporation (WMCC) to add the capacity to receive, bulk and transfer up to 1,300 tonnes per day of solid, non-hazardous waste from residential and Institutional Commercial Industrial (ICI) generators, in Toronto, Ontario.

Ontario will proceed with updates to the Technical Guideline for the Cleaner Transportation Fuels regulation. It will include a modified pathway that could be used to calculate the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions intensity of bio-based content. The Technical Guideline will be updated for this pathway.

The Minister has issued an overall benefit permit to the Ministry of Transportation for the construction of a new interchange in the Township of Puslinch, which will impact Eastern Small-Footed Myotis, Little Brown Myotis and Tri-colored Bat. The permit includes actions to benefit the species and minimize adverse effects.

We decided to amend the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, to require the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) to exempt a person (i.e., project proponent) from leave to construct requirements if the OEB is satisfied that the circumstances prescribed by regulations have been met.

We have exempted the Bradford Bypass project from duplicative requirements of the EAA by way of a regulation. The regulation sets conditions for the assessment process going forward and for continued environmental protection and consultations. No other Ministry of Transportation projects have been exempted from the EAA as part of this regulation.

Pursuant to Section 53 of the Planning Act, provisional consent was granted on October 28, 2021 in respect of Application 54-C-211496 for the creation of one new lot for agricultural use on lands described as PIN 61273-0070, Ingram unincorporated township, Timiskaming District. The last day this decision can be appealed is November 17, 2021.

The ministry has accepted the risk assessment for the Amherstburg Land Holdings Limited property at 381 Front Road in Amherstburg. The director has issued Order No. 2725-BTHNEE which requires the implementation of the risk management measures proposed in the risk assessment as well as additional conditions imposed by the director.

We have approved changes to the Renewable Energy on Crown Land (RECL) policy and to rescind the renewable energy project Approvals and Permitting Requirements Document (APRD). These changes reflect current policy and approvals considerations for the management of public lands when a proposal for a renewable energy project is submitted.

We have issued a new Permit to Take Water No. 3877-BZWSBU on May 13, 2021, which cancels and replaces Permit to take Water No. 7864-B78LPS, for 1995829 Ontario Inc. located in Ottawa, Ontario.

The new Permit to Take Water has an expiry date of May 13, 2031.

Dufferin Aggregates – a division of CRH Canada Group Inc. was issued a licence to extract aggregate from a quarry in the Town of Halton Hills.

A Certificate of Property Use was issued to The Corporation of the City of Oshawa for the property located at 150 Bond Street East in the City of Oshawa.