Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act: AMO's Submission to the Standing Committee on General Government

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) is pleased to share municipal perspectives on Bill 66, the Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2019, with members of the Standing Committee on General Government. AMO is a non-partisan non-profit representing almost all of Ontario’s 444 municipal governments. We appreciate the opportunity to contribute to the Committee’s deliberations on this particular bill as we work together with provincial legislators and the Government of Ontario to make municipal governments resilient and more effective.

Bill 66 is a broad piece of legislation guided by important objectives - to help our businesses and families in Ontario succeed by reducing red tape and regulatory burden. It also meaningfully addresses a long-standing municipal request that the provincial government clarify that municipal governments are not construction employers. AMO welcomes this proposed reform and supports measures that help Ontario businesses and families thrive as a matter of principle. While we support the Labour Relations Act reforms, this submission respectfully proposes a number of amendments to improve the legislation.

Read Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act: AMO's Submission to the Standing Committee on General Government.