Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025
Sponsored by Flack, Hon. Rob · Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2025, chapter 9
- Amends eight Ontario laws to speed up building approvals, transit projects, and housing development, while adjusting municipal development charges and planning rules.
- Expands provincial powers over transit and infrastructure projects and limits certain municipal restrictions on schools and building construction.
- Restricts the Building Materials Evaluation Commission's powers in certain circumstances.
- Repeals clause 29(1)(a) and makes related amendments to section 29.
- Clarifies that municipalities cannot use certain Municipal Act or City of Toronto Act powers to pass by-laws on building construction or demolition.
- Adds a definition of 'provincial transit project' and makes related changes.
- Removes timing restrictions on when a portable classroom was placed on a school site for defining 'development'.
- Sets new rules for information and material prepared by a person in a prescribed profession.