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Bulletin to Members: Ontario releases 2021 budget, focusing on COVID-19 response and recovery
No. 21/013 – March 26, 2021 Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy released Ontario’s 2021 Budget, Ontario’s Action Plan: Protecting People’s Health and Our Economy. The $186.1-billion budget projects a $33.1 billion deficit, which the government says will take until 2029 to eliminate.The […]
Bulletin to Members: Construction Sector Added to Ontario Phase 2 Vaccination Plan
No. 21/012 – March 25, 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 […]
Bulletin to Members: The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks is moving forward in implementing the Consolidated Linear Infrastructure Permissions Approach
No. 21/011 – March 22, 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. ACEC-Ontario would like […]
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
In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the government of Ontario is moving to a regional approach and maintaining the shutdown in the majority of the public health regions, including the Stay-at-Home order and all existing public health […]
Bulletin to Members: MTO prompts Engineering Services Firms to update RAQS ESP Profiles
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 […]
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
No. 21/001 – January 12, 2021 In response to a doubling in COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks, the real and looming threat of the collapse of the province’s hospital system and risks posed to long-term care homes as […]
Archived Bulletins 2020
BULLETIN TO MEMBERS: GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO ANNOUNCES PROVINCE-WIDE SHUTDOWN No. 20/084 – December 21, 2020 The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, is imposing a province-wide shutdown. The shutdown will go […]
CEO Becomes ACEC-Ontario and Announces 2020 Board of Directors
CEO becomes ACEC-Ontario and announces 2020 Board of Directors Toronto, ON (September 15, 2020) – Consulting Engineers of Ontario held its first online annual general meeting and announced historic changes to the association. The membership confirmed the association’s name change […]
Archived Bulletins 2019
COMMUNIQUÉ TO MEMBERS: INNSERVICES ISSUES ADDENDUM TO INCLUDE NEGLIGENCE-BASED INDEMNIFICATION LANGUAGE HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL CONCERNS REMAIN UNADDRESSED Nov. 12, 2019 No. 19/005 – November 12, 2019 Background: On October 21, 2019 CEO informed InnServices of its concerns with multiple clauses contained […]
Ontario Court of Appeals Ruling Good News for Design and Construction Sector
January 14, 2019 – Ontario’s Court of Appeals has ruled that a statutory trust created under Section 8 of the Construction Lien Act/Construction Act can survive a bankruptcy. The January 14, 2019 decision was made in the case of The […]