Item - 2019.EX6.2

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council receive the report (May 29, 2019) from the City Manager for information.

At its meeting of January 30, 2019, City Council adopted MM2.10 Protecting the City of Toronto against potential impacts of the Government of Ontario's Bill 66, and directed staff to report to City Council on the impacts on the City of Toronto following adoption of Bill 66, Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act, 2019. In its decision, City Council also expressed its opposition to Schedules 3, 5, 9, and 10 of the Bill, which was communicated to the Province. 

Bill 66 received Royal Assent on April 3, 2019. Staff have reviewed the final legislation and identified the following schedules as having implications for the City:

-  Schedule 2 - Repeal of the Pawnbrokers Act
-  Schedule 3 - Amendments to the Child Care and Early Years Act and Education Act
-  Schedule 5 - Repeal of the Toxics Reduction Act
-  Schedule 8 - Long-Term Care Homes Act
-  Schedule 9 - Amendments to the Labour Relations Act

 
At the time of the Bill's introduction, staff had also noted Schedule 10 – Amendments to the Planning Act as having potential implications for the City. However, this schedule was voted down by the standing committee of the legislature and the proposed amendments to the Planning Act were not included in the final version of Bill 66 that received Royal Assent.

This report provides an overview of those sections of Bill 66 where staff have identified implications, with the exception of Schedule 9, amendments to the Labour Relations Act. The impacts to the City of Schedule 9 are the subject of a separate report going forward to the June 6, 2019 Executive Committee meeting.