The province has commenced their consultations on Bill 17, Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025 with a series of ten postings on the Ontario Regulatory Registry and the Environmental Registry of Ontario, where comments are being requested by either June 11th, 12th or June 26th. The ORR and ERO postings relate to proposed changes to the existing Planning Act, and Development Charges Act under the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, but there are also proposals related to the Ministry of Transportation and Ministry of Infrastructure to support Bill 17.
The Ontario Home Builders’ Association is collecting feedback to prepare the association submissions on behalf of all 28 HBAs, and they are asking for your review and comment on the material that has been posted. All postings have been consolidated below for ease of reference.
Although the province is seeking comments for various due dates, there is significant overlap between the supportive postings. Therefore, we request that you send your comments NO LATER than May 31st to kjensen@ohba.ca.
Also, OHBA is in the process of scheduling a member information session for all the local associations in early June. We kindly ask that upon your review of the legislation, background material from the e-mail below, and the ORR/ERO postings that you send any questions, or points of clarification at your earliest convenience to kjensen@ohba.ca so that they can be addressed in the information session.
For your reference, a copy of the legislation can be accessed here:
Bill 17, Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025 - Legislative Assembly of Ontario
A presentation given to local chairs and EOs can be found here.
