Ontario Proposes To Consolidate Environment And Land Tribunals - Environment
Summary The Government of Ontario recently introduced legislation that proposes to combine an existing cluster of five land and environmental tribunals into a single entity called the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT). The OLT will merge the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT), the Conservation Review Board, the Mining and Lands Tribunal, and the Board of Negotiation. Bill 245, the Bill 245") is an omnibus bill that includes the proposed enactment of a new Ontario Land Tribunal Act, 2021 (the " Act"), which would amalgamate these five tribunals. The gove...