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In the beginning, the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) took a leadership role in bringing the local/regional councils together around social policy issues. Since the 1980s, individuals social planning organizations have taken a greater role in organizing SPO conferences and collaborating on social issues.
A severance can in law mean the act of severing a piece of land from a larger tract of land. The severed parcel of land becomes a separate lot (parcel). Second, it can refer to, in jurisdictions that have the form of co-ownership , the ending of a joint tenancy by act or event other than death.
Ontario tax collectors paid severance for keeping jobs: $56-million (max estimate) Edmonton haiku contest on riding the city bus, where the award was $5,000. Former Toronto Mayor, David Miller, for increasing the city's operation budget by 44 percent ($2.8 billion) and the city's debt by over $1 billion.
The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) was an independent administrative board, operated as an adjudicative tribunal, [1] in the province of Ontario, Canada. It heard applications and appeals on municipal and planning disputes, [ 2 ] as well as other matters specified in provincial legislation.
In Ontario province alone there are at least 2000 of these bodies, including 'police commissions, health units, conservation authorities, public utilities commissions, parks boards and school boards.’ Schools are usually provided locally by school boards, with the 'school trustees' being elected. [6]
In Ontario, the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) has the mandate to grant the title of RPP. [12] Only full and retired members of OPPI may use the title of RPP. If an individual falsely represents themselves as a professional planner, if that person is "guilty of an offence", they could be fined up to $5,000. [13]
The Government of Ontario first asserted its role in municipal land use planning through enactment of the City and Suburban Plan Act in 1912. [2] In the Post-World War II period, considerable urban and suburban growth pressures demanded increased provincial intervention in municipal planning through official plan and zoning by-law requirements, and specialized administrative bodies.
Its role is to serve as the Premier's ministry, and as such, its employees are not political appointees, but are permanent members of the Ontario public service. [ 1 ] The Cabinet Office is headed by the Secretary of the Cabinet, currently Michelle DiEmanuele , who is also head of the Ontario public service.