When Ontario MPPs return to Queen’s Park on October 20, the Ford government will have legislation to look at spanning everything from municipal accountability and wildfire management to labour reforms, education oversight, and a renewed push to protect Ontario industries from foreign competition.
At the top of the docket are a series of bills that the government says will “modernize” how Ontario operates at every level of governance, though opposition parties and critics are already preparing to challenge several of them.
The Municipal Accountability Act, 2025 (Bill 9) is expected to take centre stage early in the session. The legislation would establish a standardized code of conduct for councillors across the province, create a consistent process for integrity commissioner investigations, and mandate ethics training for councillors and local board members.