Ontario municipalities must follow mandatory provincial road construction standards for new projects

A new regulation requires Ontario municipalities to use specific Ontario Provincial Standard Specification (OPSS.MUNI) documents as mandatory standards for the design, evaluation, and construction of municipal road pr…

Build Canada Homes funding provision repealed; two divisions brought into force

Two previously dormant divisions of the Budget 2025 Implementation Act have now been brought into force by order-in-council. Separately, the provision that authorized up to $11.5 billion in federal payments to fund th…

Canada creates Build Canada Homes, a new federal Crown corporation to boost affordable housing supply

The Build Canada Homes Act establishes Build Canada Homes as a federal Crown corporation with a mandate to promote, support and develop the supply of affordable housing in Canada and to advance innovative, efficient c…

Ontario caps 2027 OPP policing bills for municipalities at 111% of their 2026 costs

A new special rule sets the maximum amount Ontario municipalities must pay for OPP policing services in the 2027 target year. Each municipality will owe the lesser of two figures: the standard formula-calculated amoun…

Ontario Works eligibility rules updated for non-citizens with uncertain immigration status

The rules determining which non-citizens can receive Ontario Works assistance have been restructured and simplified. The previous multi-category approach—which separately addressed deportation orders, visitors, and to…

Hydro One's broadband pole-attachment reporting period moved earlier and quarterly forecast schedule clarified

Two practical changes affect how Hydro One Networks Inc. tracks and reports its progress on attaching broadband equipment to electricity poles. First, the tracking start date for counting poles completed under the bro…

Schools, hospitals, non-profits and government bodies no longer automatically disqualify IESO board candidates

The regulation now carves out certain public-sector entities from the conflict-of-interest disqualification rules for IESO board directors. Previously, anyone who was a director, officer or employee of a broad range o…

Ontario associate judges get salary tied to Superior Court pay, higher expense cap, and expanded mental health benefits

The regulation is restructured so that associate judges' salaries are no longer set as fixed dollar amounts but are instead expressed as a percentage of what a Superior Court Judge earns — rising from 80.2% to ultimat…

ODSP income support eligibility rules for non-citizens consolidated and tightened

The rules about who is ineligible for Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) income support based on immigration status have been rewritten. The previous multi-category approach (covering deportation orders, visito…

Canada tightens DRC sanctions: narrower arms embargo, updated designations process, and removed DRC-government exemption

Canada has amended its sanctions regulations implementing UN resolutions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Key practical changes include: the definition of 'designated person' no longer ties to a specific UN re…

Canada's Somalia sanctions regulations updated to reflect new UN resolutions and streamlined designations

Canada has amended its regulations implementing United Nations sanctions on Somalia. The key practical changes are: the two previous categories of "designated persons" (under paragraph 3 and paragraph 8) have been mer…

Five individuals added to Canada's Iran sanctions list

Canada has added five individuals to the list of persons subject to economic sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations. The newly listed individuals are Ali Abdollahi (also known as Ali Abdollah…

Canada's South Sudan sanctions rules tightened: mercenary assistance added, definitions narrowed

Canada's regulations implementing United Nations sanctions on South Sudan have been updated in several practical ways. A new explicit prohibition has been added covering the provision of technical or financial assista…

Canada's Central African Republic sanctions updated: arms embargo narrowed to non-state actors, several exceptions removed

Canada has amended its sanctions regulations implementing UN resolutions on the Central African Republic. The arms embargo and military-assistance prohibitions have been refocused: they now apply only to non-state arm…