| Opportunity to provide comments.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) is seeking feedback on regulatory amendments to the Mining Act, Electricity Act and Ontario Energy Board Act through the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025. This Bill, if passed, would make several amendments to these Acts including a new One Project, One Process (1P1P) approach to reduce government review time for mine projects that require permits and authorizations from multiple ministries, legislating new authorities to help secure strategic national mineral supply chains, and creating regulation-making authority limiting foreign jurisdiction’s participation in Ontario’s energy sector. The ERO posting focuses on the following:
Legislating a One Project, One Process (1P1P) Approach for Mine Permitting:
- There are no anticipated environmental impacts resulting from the proposed changes to the Mining Act, 1990. If the proposed change is passed, proponents would continue to be subject to the requirements as outlined under the Mining Act framework, which includes the Mine Rehabilitation Code. Proponents would also continue to be subject to the requirements as set out by the other permitting ministries.
Limiting Foreign Jurisdictions’ Participation in Ontario’s Economy:
- MEM’s proposal would allow the government to achieve its commitment to keep the province’s energy supply safe and secure by limiting participation or components from companies or entities from specific countries (or foreign state-owned enterprises) in Ontario’s energy sector (i.e., to protect against risks of malware, manipulation, tampering, extortion, surveillance, rate payer harms and other prospective threats directly or by extension from a foreign state-owned enterprise).
- There are no anticipated environmental impacts as a result of these proposed administrative changes to the Electricity Act, 1998 or the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998.
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