Emergency Management Modernization Act, 2025
Sponsored by Dunlop, Hon. Jill · Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2025, chapter 16
- Overhauls Ontario's emergency management governance, redefining the roles of the Minister, a new Commissioner of Emergency Management, and various entities in developing emergency plans.
- Gives the Minister of Community and Social Services new powers to direct and enforce compliance from funded entities during extraordinary circumstances.
- Adds a purpose provision and replaces references to the Solicitor General with the Minister.
- Re-enacts section 2 to set out the Minister's powers, including developing a provincial emergency management strategy.
- Continues the office of the Commissioner of Emergency Management, who must establish an advisory committee and coordinate 'Ontario Corps' resources.
- Removes the Chief, Emergency Management Ontario role and creates a provincial emergency management organization within the Minister's Ministry.
- Authorizes the Minister to issue directives to funded entities providing community and social services during prescribed extraordinary matters.
- Allows the Minister to issue an order requiring compliance if an entity fails to follow a directive.