Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2025 (No. 2)
Sponsored by Bethlenfalvy, Hon. Peter · Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2025, chapter 15
- This budget-implementation omnibus bill amends 18 different Ontario laws, covering climate targets, health agencies, conservation authorities, elections, pensions, insurance, taxes and provincial spending authority.
- It removes climate reporting requirements, restructures conservation authority oversight, changes election timing rules, adjusts tax credits, and authorizes government spending for 2026-2027.
- Repeals sections requiring government to set greenhouse gas reduction targets and prepare climate change plans and reports.
- Certain Ontario Health assets and revenues no longer form part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
- All Ontario Health atHome assets and revenues excluded from the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
- Removes Lieutenant Governor in Council approval for borrowing, lending or investing; replaced with ministerial by-law approval.
- Related financing must generally be arranged through the Ontario Financing Authority.
- Establishes the Ontario Provincial Conservation Agency to oversee conservation authorities and a new regional watershed framework.