Webinar: Electronic Meetings – The “New Normal” for Municipal Meetings

Presenter: Rebecca Hines

Rebecca is a member of Aird & Berlis LLP’s Municipal and Land Use Planning Group. Her practice includes providing advice to private and public sector clients on a wide variety of municipal and land use planning matters, with an emphasis on integrity matters. She appears before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and also provides advice to administrative tribunals, such as compliance audit committees. Rebecca joined Aird & Berlis as an associate in 2018 after summering and articling at the firm.

Topic Summary:

Bill 197 received Royal Assent on July 21, 2020 as the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020. Among other things, Bill 197 amended both the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the Municipal Act, 2001 to allow members of a council, local board or a committee of either of them to participate electronically in meetings – without the need for the physical presence of any member at a particular location. In this presentation these changes will be discussed with an emphasis on their impact on committees of adjustment and consent granting authorities.

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