Government Relations

Publish Date: 2019/FEB/27

Publish Date: 2019/MAY/31

Publish Date: 2019/OCT/21

Publish Date: 2019/DEC/12

OAA Executive Director, Kristi Doyle, writes to Chetan Mistry, Manager of the Building Services Transformation Unit, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, to request that former Licensed Technologists OAA are grandfathered into the BCIN program. 

Publish Date: 2023/JUN/06

OAA President, Kathleen Kurtin, writes to the Hon. Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, to assert that infection control measures should be considered in the design of long-term care facilities. 

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Publish Date: 2020/DEC/09

OAA President, Susan Speigel, writes to the Hon. Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, to express the urgent need for changes to congregate living facilities to protect the province's most vulnerable population - the elderly.

Publish Date: 2021/FEB/11

Publish Date: 2019/JUN/05

The OAA writes to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Attorney General to oppose MMAH's proposed changes to the practice of architecture.

Publish Date: 2019/NOV/25

OAA President, Susan Speigel, writes to the Hon. Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, to express concerns about a recent letter that OPPI issued to the Minister. 

Publish Date: 2021/FEB/09

Industry group Engineers, Architects, and Building Officials (EABO) writes to the Hon. Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, to advance recommended changes to the Building Code pertaining to professional coordination. 

Publish Date: 2023/JUN/29

OAA President, Susan Speigel, writes to the Honourable Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to express the OAA's support for the expansion of the Greenbelt. 

Publish Date: 2021/APR/20

Publish Date: 2020/MAR/23

Publish Date: 2020/FEB/20

OAA President Kathleen Kurtin writes to the Honourable Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to discuss the OAA's recent roundtable on design and the site plan approval process.

Publish Date: 2019/MAY/24

The Hon. Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, responds to the OAA President’s letter asserting infection control measures should be considered in the design of long-term care facilities.  

Publish Date: 2021/JAN/19

Primary stakeholders, including the OAA, write to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to confirm their commitment to remain involved in discussions about changes to Building Code Services.

Publish Date: 2021/MAY/18

OAA President, Susan Speigel, writes to James Ross, Manager of Building Code Policy Development Unit, to deliver the Association's line by line review of Parts 1 to 9 of the Winter 2022 OBC consultation. 

Publish Date: 2022/MAR/11

OAA President, Susan Speigel, writes to James Ross, Manager of the Building Code Policy Development Unit, to confirm the Association's recommendations on the recent proposed changes to the Ontario Building Code. 

Publish Date: 2021/DEC/13

OAA President, Susan Speigel, writes to James Ross, Manager of Building Code Policy Development Unit, to respond to the proposed interim changes to the 2012 Ontario Building Code to exempt sheds from Building Code requirements.

Publish Date: 2022/MAR/11