Late last month, Tribunals Ontario announced the suspension of all in-person hearings until June 30, 2020 at the earliest in response the public health emergency brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading many in Ontario’s development community to contemplate what can be done in the interim to keep projects moving.
In response to the announcement made on Friday, March 20, the province issued an order under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act suspending all procedural timelines related to tribunal proceedings, including those of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT). The decision is retroactive to March 16, 2020.
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