Buy Ontario Act, 2025
Sponsored by Crawford, Hon. Stephen · Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2025, chapter 27
- Creates a new law letting the government require public sector bodies to favour Ontario or Canadian made goods and services in their purchasing, and repeals the previous 'Buy Ontario' law.
- Also lets the Minister of Transportation order municipalities to install community safety zone signs, and protects certain condominium law provisions from automatic repeal.
- Lets Management Board of Cabinet issue directives requiring public sector entities to follow procurement rules.
- Directives can require preference for Ontario or Canadian made goods or services.
- Requires third-party supply chain managers to comply via contract with public sector entities.
- Allows withholding funds from non-compliant organizations and repeals the Building Ontario Businesses Initiative Act, 2022.
- Minister may direct a municipality to install signs in community safety zones.
- If municipality fails to install signs, the Minister may install them instead.