Health and Well-Being

The Ontario Government has introduced Bill 60: Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 and its Schedule 12, which proposes amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (RTA). The Ontario Human Rights Commission provided feedback on four of the thirteen proposed housing regulatory changes

The Ontario Human Rights Code provides the foundation to build inclusive initiatives by enabling employers and employees to understand and act on their human rights obligations in workspaces. 

Twenty years ago, on June 13, 2005, the AODA took effect after all parties of the Legislature unanimously passed this ground breaking law. This landmark legislation set 2025 as the target year for achieving accessibility in Ontario. Although there has been much progress, in the targeted year, that goal is largely unmet.

March 14, 2025Mayor Tom Mrakas Town of AuroraCouncil of the Town of Aurora 100 John West Way, Box 1000 Aurora, Ontario L4G 6J1 Dear Mayor Mrakas and Members of Council,Re: Follow up to proposed emergency and transitional housing project at 14452 Yonge St.

 In a decision issued on April 2, 2024, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck down sections of the Safe Streets Act that prohibit panhandling in certain circumstances, effective immediately.