The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains on summer recess and resumes on Monday, October 28, 2019. OPSBA Federal Election Resource Guide for School Boards and Trustees On September 11, the writ was drawn up for the upcoming Federal Election, which takes place...
Elections
Register for Student Vote Canada 2019
This fall, more than 9,000 schools and 1 million students are expected to take part in Student Vote Canada 2019 coinciding with the October federal election. Student Vote is an authentic learning program that provides elementary and high school students with the...
Call for Nominations for OPSBA Elected Positions 2019
The OPSBA 2019 elections will be held as part of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which takes place from July 4-6, 2019 in Toronto. OPSBA is looking forward to welcoming you to OPSBA's 31th Annual General Meeting. All nominations received by the nomination deadline...
Legislative Update – January 11, 2019
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for winter recess and returns on February 19, 2019. On January 7, the Premier sent a letter to all Ontario Public Service staff with a message focusing on jobs, health care and fiscal balance. The Premier outlined...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – December 7 and 8, 2018
Please note – the deadline for securing a hotel room at the Sheraton Centre for the Public Education Symposium is Jan. 7, 2019. The OPSBA Board of Directors held a meeting on Dec. 7 and 8, 2018, in Toronto. Elaine Johnston, Chair of OPSBA's Indigenous Trustees'...
Legislative Update – November 19, 2018
The House is back following a constituency week break and MPPs are scheduled to meet for four more consecutive weeks before breaking for the end-of-year holidays. 2019-2020 Education Funding Engagement Guide The Ministry of Education has just released details...
Legislative Update – November 5, 2018
November 5 to 9 is a constituency week for MPPs and they return to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on November 12. On November 1, Vic Fedeli, Minister of Finance, announced that the 2018 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review will be tabled on November 15....
Equal Voice launches 2019 Daughters of the Vote
Daughters of the Vote (DoV) will be held in April 2019. Equal Voice will be selecting 338 young women (18 to 23-years-old) from across Canada – one from every federal riding – to take part in a multi-partisan leadership program. One highlight of this program is a...
Legislative Update – October 29, 2018
Provincial Education Reform Consultation – Online Survey Open Part 3, the online survey, of the Ministry of Education’s Consultation: Education in Ontario is now available. The online survey includes approximately 40 questions that are broken down into general...
Legislative Update – October 15, 2018
MPPs return to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on October 15, 2018. Bill 36, Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 On October 11, OPSBA sent a submission to the Standing Committee on Social Policy. Clause-by-clause consideration will be held on October 15 and...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – September 28 and 29, 2018
The OPSBA Board of Directors held a meeting on September 28 and 29, 2018, in Toronto. OPSBA President Cathy Abraham gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Mississaugas of the New...
Legislative Update – September 24, 2018
MPPs sat September 15 for a brief session of about 45 minutes to debate Bill 31, Efficient Local Government Act. This was followed by an early morning session to continue that debate before members adjourned the legislature to participate in the annual...
Legislative Update – September 17, 2018
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario returned on September 12, earlier than expected, to allow Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark to table the revamped Bill 5, now known as Bill 31, Efficient Local Government Act. All of the Tory MPPs present in the chamber voted...
Legislative Update – August 15, 2018
MPPs rose for summer recess after yesterday's session and return on September 24, 2018. Their return follows the 2018 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo, held this year from September 18 to 22, 2018, in Pain Court, Chatham-Kent, Ontario. This is traditionally...
Legislative Update – August 7, 2018
Bill 5, Better Local Government Act, 2018 was introduced on July 30 by Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The legislation affects municipal and regional elections, including reducing the number of Toronto city council wards from 47 to 25 to match...
Legislative Update – July 30, 2018
On July 26, the PC Government’s introductory legislation, Bill 2, the Urgent Priorities Act, was granted Royal Assent. The omnibus bill made changes to Hydro One governance rules; ordered striking York University faculty back to work; and cancelled the White Pines...
Legislative Update – July 3, 2018
On June 29, Doug Ford officially became Ontario's 26th Premier, as he and his 21-member cabinet were officially sworn in on the main staircase of the Legislature. This was followed by an outdoor swearing-in ceremony at noon on the Queen's Park lawn where the Premier...
Legislative Update — June 18, 2018
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, has invited Doug Ford to assume the position of Premier of Ontario and form a new government. Premier-designate Ford indicated that he and his cabinet will be sworn in on June 29, 2018. There are many predictions...
Elections
Legislative Update – September 16, 2019
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains on summer recess and resumes on Monday, October 28, 2019. OPSBA Federal Election Resource Guide for School Boards and Trustees On September 11, the writ was drawn up for the upcoming Federal Election, which takes place...
Register for Student Vote Canada 2019
This fall, more than 9,000 schools and 1 million students are expected to take part in Student Vote Canada 2019 coinciding with the October federal election. Student Vote is an authentic learning program that provides elementary and high school students with the...
Call for Nominations for OPSBA Elected Positions 2019
The OPSBA 2019 elections will be held as part of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which takes place from July 4-6, 2019 in Toronto. OPSBA is looking forward to welcoming you to OPSBA's 31th Annual General Meeting. All nominations received by the nomination deadline...
Legislative Update – January 11, 2019
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for winter recess and returns on February 19, 2019. On January 7, the Premier sent a letter to all Ontario Public Service staff with a message focusing on jobs, health care and fiscal balance. The Premier outlined...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – December 7 and 8, 2018
Please note – the deadline for securing a hotel room at the Sheraton Centre for the Public Education Symposium is Jan. 7, 2019. The OPSBA Board of Directors held a meeting on Dec. 7 and 8, 2018, in Toronto. Elaine Johnston, Chair of OPSBA's Indigenous Trustees'...
Legislative Update – November 19, 2018
The House is back following a constituency week break and MPPs are scheduled to meet for four more consecutive weeks before breaking for the end-of-year holidays. 2019-2020 Education Funding Engagement Guide The Ministry of Education has just released details...
Legislative Update – November 5, 2018
November 5 to 9 is a constituency week for MPPs and they return to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on November 12. On November 1, Vic Fedeli, Minister of Finance, announced that the 2018 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review will be tabled on November 15....
Equal Voice launches 2019 Daughters of the Vote
Daughters of the Vote (DoV) will be held in April 2019. Equal Voice will be selecting 338 young women (18 to 23-years-old) from across Canada – one from every federal riding – to take part in a multi-partisan leadership program. One highlight of this program is a...
Legislative Update – October 29, 2018
Provincial Education Reform Consultation – Online Survey Open Part 3, the online survey, of the Ministry of Education’s Consultation: Education in Ontario is now available. The online survey includes approximately 40 questions that are broken down into general...
Legislative Update – October 15, 2018
MPPs return to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on October 15, 2018. Bill 36, Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 On October 11, OPSBA sent a submission to the Standing Committee on Social Policy. Clause-by-clause consideration will be held on October 15 and...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – September 28 and 29, 2018
The OPSBA Board of Directors held a meeting on September 28 and 29, 2018, in Toronto. OPSBA President Cathy Abraham gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Mississaugas of the New...
Legislative Update – September 24, 2018
MPPs sat September 15 for a brief session of about 45 minutes to debate Bill 31, Efficient Local Government Act. This was followed by an early morning session to continue that debate before members adjourned the legislature to participate in the annual...
Legislative Update – September 17, 2018
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario returned on September 12, earlier than expected, to allow Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark to table the revamped Bill 5, now known as Bill 31, Efficient Local Government Act. All of the Tory MPPs present in the chamber voted...
Legislative Update – August 15, 2018
MPPs rose for summer recess after yesterday's session and return on September 24, 2018. Their return follows the 2018 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo, held this year from September 18 to 22, 2018, in Pain Court, Chatham-Kent, Ontario. This is traditionally...
Legislative Update – August 7, 2018
Bill 5, Better Local Government Act, 2018 was introduced on July 30 by Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The legislation affects municipal and regional elections, including reducing the number of Toronto city council wards from 47 to 25 to match...
Legislative Update – July 30, 2018
On July 26, the PC Government’s introductory legislation, Bill 2, the Urgent Priorities Act, was granted Royal Assent. The omnibus bill made changes to Hydro One governance rules; ordered striking York University faculty back to work; and cancelled the White Pines...
Legislative Update – July 3, 2018
On June 29, Doug Ford officially became Ontario's 26th Premier, as he and his 21-member cabinet were officially sworn in on the main staircase of the Legislature. This was followed by an outdoor swearing-in ceremony at noon on the Queen's Park lawn where the Premier...
Legislative Update — June 18, 2018
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, has invited Doug Ford to assume the position of Premier of Ontario and form a new government. Premier-designate Ford indicated that he and his cabinet will be sworn in on June 29, 2018. There are many predictions...