The government has changed the process for amending the Greenbelt through the Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023. Adding any future Urban River Valleys to the Greenbelt would require a legislative change.
Ontario is ending the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Program (WEEE), which helped recycled electronics like televisions, computers and phones. The Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation (EEE) is now in place for managing waste electronics in Ontario. All steps for winding up the old program have been implemented.
February 29, 2024 - March 30, 2024 (30 days) Closed
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The Ministry is proposing to issue a permit to The Quaternary Mining & Exploration Company Limited (“the proponent”) to undertake early exploration activities
The government is seeking feedback on a potential regulation under the Planning Act to establish a minimum lot size of 175 square metres on urban residential lands in Ontario.
Instrument type:
Approval for a consent (subject to conditions) in an area where there is no official plan in place
ERO number
019-2971
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
January 14, 2021 - February 13, 2021 (30 days) Closed
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Pursuant to Section 53 of the Planning Act, provisional consent was granted in respect of Application 58-C-189386 for the creation of one (1) new resource-based recreational lot for land described as PIN 62279-9513 and PIN 62279-9515, Whitefish Lake, Unincorporated Township of Hardwick & Jean, District of Thunder Bay.
The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-25-000078 to Canadian Gold Miner Corp. for early exploration activities.
The decision is to issue the mineral exploration permit.
August 6, 2020 - September 5, 2020 (30 days) Closed
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The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-20-000211 to Ardiden Ltd for early exploration activities near Pickle Lake, Ontario.
A Certificate of Property Use was issued to 168 Colborne Street Limited Partnership by it's general partner 168 Colborne Street Ltd. for the property located at 168-180 Colborne Street West in the City of Brantford.
September 23, 2021 - November 7, 2021 (45 days) Closed
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We have temporarily paused protections for Black Ash under the Endangered Species Act, for two years from the time when it is added to the Species at Risk in Ontario List, to allow time to develop an approach to support Black Ash protection and recovery.