The Ontario government has recently announced that Bill 139, the Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017, will be proclaimed into force on April 3, 2018.

Bill 139 proposes to replace the Ontario Municipal Board with the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and fundamentally change the planning regime in Ontario.

On May 30, 2017, the Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 ("Bill 139") received first reading. Bill 139 manifests the Wynne government's stated desire to radically change...