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Bulletin • COVID-19,  Member News,  Provincial Government News, 
Bulletin to Members: Ontario Moving to Phase Two of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan

April 7, 2021

The Ontario government is moving into Phase Two of its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, with a focus on reaching individuals in “hot spot” communities where COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted certain neighbourhoods.

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Bulletin to Members: Ontario implements “emergency brake”, announcing provincewide lockdown – essential business to continue, heightened vigilance strongly encouraged

April 7, 2021

The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, is imposing a provincewide “emergency brake” as a result of an alarming surge in case numbers and COVID-19 hospitalizations across the province.

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Bulletin to Members: Ontario releases 2021 budget, focusing on COVID-19 response and recovery

April 7, 2021

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy released Ontario’s 2021 Budget, Ontario’s Action Plan: Protecting People’s Health and Our Economy. The document is primarily focused on the immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic, adding $6 billion since the Fall Economic Statement, bringing Ontario’s total pandemic response to $51 billion.

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Bulletin to Members: Construction Sector Added to Ontario Phase 2 Vaccination Plan

April 7, 2021

The Ontario Ministry of Health has published an update memo to its Phase 2 Vaccination Plan. The memo details minor revisions to the Second Group of Essential Workers who cannot work from home to include construction sector workers.

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Bulletin to Members: The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks is moving forward in implementing the Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Permissions Approach

April 7, 2021

The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) is moving forward in implementing the Consolidated Linear Infrastructure (CLI) Permissions Approach to update the current sewage approvals framework, following consultation in 2020.

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Bulletin to Members: Government of Ontario announces updated provincial reopening framework: State of emergency to expire, but concern of potential accelerated spread of “COVID variants” tempers cautious optimism of lower trend in reported cases

February 9, 2021

Government of Ontario announces updated provincial reopening framework: State of emergency to expire, but concern of potential accelerated spread of “COVID variants” tempers cautious optimism of lower trend in reported cases

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Bulletin to Members: MTO prompts Engineering Services Firms to update RAQS ESP Profiles

January 29, 2021

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is notifying Engineering Services Provider (ESP) Firms that they need to ensure their qualifications information in their RAQS ESP profiles is updated by April 30, 2021.  The ministry’s legacy registry, appraisal and qualification system (RAQS) was replaced in June, 2109 with a new electronic procurement portal, RAQS ESP. Having gone live in November, 2019, the new system is a “one stop” portal enabling firms to manage their participation in ministry procurements from qualification through to vendor performance.

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Bulletin to Members: Government of Ontario declares second state of emergency and issues stay-at-home order, essential business status of construction sector largely unchanged

January 13, 2021

Government of Ontario declares second state of emergency and issues stay-at-home order, essential business status of construction sector largely unchanged

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