Provincial efficiencies review update
Details about the Transition Board’s review of 4 Peel Region services.
On April 10, the Ontario government introduced Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act 2024. The proposed legislation includes implications for Peel Region operations and responsibilities.
Bill 185 seeks to revise Bill 112 to reflect the Transition Board’s recalibrated mandate provided by the Ontario government on January 24, 2024, and confirms that Peel Region will not be dissolved.
One key aspect of the proposed legislation is the implementation of the removal of upper-tier planning responsibilities under the Planning Act, 1990 from Durham, Halton, Niagara, Peel, Waterloo, and York Regions and Simcoe County, which was introduced in Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022.
As a result of Bill 185, some of Peel Region’s planning and development responsibilities will move to the Province and local municipalities effective July 1, 2024. This change will also come into effect for Halton Region and York Region on that date. The county of Simcoe, the Durham Region, the Niagara Region and Waterloo Region will become upper-tier municipalities without planning responsibilities at a future time.
Bill 185 also proposes amendments to the Development Charges Act, 1997, which will support municipalities in building housing faster.
On December 13, 2023, the Ontario government announced that Peel Region will not be dissolved and that legislative amendments to Bill 112 will be made to recalibrate the role of the Transition Board.
The Transition Board will provide recommendations for transferring specific services overseen by Peel Region to Brampton, Caledon, and Mississauga. These services include land use planning, water and wastewater management (including stormwater), Regional roads, and waste management.
The recommendations of the Transition Board are expected to be provided to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing by spring 2024.
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Related information
- Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act
- Peel Region Council Report: Update on Provincial Transition Board’s New Mandate, Appendix 1: New Mandate and Scope of the Transition Board
- Full legislation: Bill 112 - An Act to provide for the dissolution of The Regional Municipality of Peel.
- Peel Region Council report Bill 112 – Managing Through the Transition
