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 government states that Bill
245 will improve access to justice for Ontario residents and