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ontario
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Introduced
This Ontario bill transfers road, stormwater, and waste collection responsibilities from Peel Region to Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon.
Key Changes
- Transfers jurisdiction over roads, bridges, and stormwater utilities from Peel Region to Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon by July 1, 2026
- Transfers jurisdiction over waste collection from Peel Region to Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon by January 1, 2026
- Bars Peel Region from reclaiming waste collection jurisdiction from the lower-tier municipalities until December 31, 2035
- Gives the Minister broad regulation-making powers to manage the transition, including transferring assets, liabilities, and employees
- Shields the Crown, Peel Region, Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon from most lawsuits related to the transition
- Increases the number of Deputy Provincial Land and Development Facilitators the Minister can appoint from four to six
Gotchas
- The liability immunity clause is very broad — it blocks most lawsuits against governments and officials related to the transition, including for lost contracts or property rights, and applies retroactively to actions taken before the bill was passed.
- Regulations made under this bill can be applied retroactively to June 4, 2025, and can modify or eliminate rights that had already been acquired before the regulation was filed.
- Judicial review and constitutional challenges are still permitted, but most other legal remedies — including damages, injunctions, and arbitration — are blocked.
- The Minister has wide discretionary power to change the transfer dates, alter agreements between municipalities, and direct employment matters without further legislative approval.
- Peel Region is explicitly excluded from certain upper-tier municipal powers in the Municipal Act, signalling a broader ongoing restructuring beyond what this single bill addresses.
Who's Affected
- Residents of Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon who receive road maintenance, waste collection, and stormwater services
- The Regional Municipality of Peel, which loses jurisdiction over key services
- Municipal employees working in roads, waste, and stormwater departments in the Peel Region
- Businesses and contractors with existing agreements with Peel Region for these services
- City and town councils of Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon, who gain new responsibilities
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Gotchas
- The liability immunity clause is very broad — it blocks most lawsuits against governments and officials related to the transition, including for lost contracts or property rights, and applies retroactively to actions taken before the bill was passed.
- Regulations made under this bill can be applied retroactively to June 4, 2025, and can modify or eliminate rights that had already been acquired before the regulation was filed.
- Judicial review and constitutional challenges are still permitted, but most other legal remedies — including damages, injunctions, and arbitration — are blocked.
- The Minister has wide discretionary power to change the transfer dates, alter agreements between municipalities, and direct employment matters without further legislative approval.
- Peel Region is explicitly excluded from certain upper-tier municipal powers in the Municipal Act, signalling a broader ongoing restructuring beyond what this single bill addresses.
Summary
Bill 45 is part of an ongoing process to dissolve or restructure the Regional Municipality of Peel. It moves control over regional roads, bridges, stormwater utilities, and waste collection from the Peel Region government to the three lower-tier cities and towns within it — Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon — based on where those services are physically located. Waste collection is set to transfer on January 1, 2026, while roads and stormwater utilities are set to transfer on July 1, 2026, unless the Minister sets different dates. The bill also gives the provincial Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing broad powers to make regulations to manage the transition, including moving assets, adjusting finances, and handling employment matters between the municipalities. The bill was introduced to continue the province's plan to restructure municipal governance in the Peel Region, which was first announced in 2023. It is meant to give the lower-tier municipalities more direct control over local services that were previously managed at the regional level.
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Recorded Votes
| Date | Description | Yeas | Nays | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2025 | Motion for allocation of time on Bill 45, An Act to make statutory amendments respecting the transfer of jurisdiction within The Regional Municipality of Peel and the appointment of Deputy Provincial Land and Development Facilitators, Bill 72, An Act to enact the Buy Ontario Act (Public Sector Procurement), 2025, to repeal the Building Ontario Businesses Initiative Act, 2022, to amend the Highway Traffic Act with respect to the installation of certain signs and to amend section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006 with respect to certain provisions of the Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015 and Bill 76, An Act respecting the adjustment of the boundaries between the City of Barrie, the Township of Oro-Medonte and the Township of Springwater. | 69 | 37 | Carried |