Ontario’s Regulatory Modernization Act, 2007

On May 17, 2007, the Government of Ontario passed legislation, which took effect in early 2008, providing for broad information sharing between various ministries. The legislation is meant to create regulatory efficiency in a number of ways, ranging from verification of accuracy of records to making available information that would assist in determining whether an organization may be entitled to an approval.

The Regulatory Modernization Act permits field staff to notify other ministries of issues that are likely to be relevant to a statute administered or enforced by that ministry. It allows ministries to share use-specific compliance-related information for specified regulatory compliance purposes under a designated piece of legislation. It also enables ministers responsible for designated legislation to create special teams of field staff from different ministries to work together on specific