Adapting to a Hotter Ontario Act, 2026
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- Sets up new worker heat-stress protections and creates two new climate-related programs: a provincial climate adaptation strategy and an urban wildfire advisory process.
- Adds a new Part IV.1 requiring the Minister to create a Worker Heat Protection Standard.
- Employers must provide heat stress training to employees.
- Employees must be paid regular wages for rest, breaks, medical removal and training time under the standard.
- For 5 years, the Minister must annually report heat stress illness, deaths and enforcement to the Legislature.
- Requires the Minister to develop and publish a strategic action plan protecting people, communities, infrastructure and nature from climate change risks.
- Creates an arm's length Ontario Climate Adaptation Fund to support adaptation and resilience activities.
- Establishes the Ontario Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Resource Centre.