Media Advisory: Planning in the Public Interest

OPPI Announces Second Reading of Bill to Regulate Planners

TORONTO, May 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A press conference will be held this Thursday, May 11^th, to coincide with Second Reading of the Registered Professional Planners Act, 2017, by MPP Peter Milczyn. The Bill received First Reading on April 12^th, 2017. If passed, this legislation will raise further awareness about the importance of planning and the role of the planning profession in creating and fostering healthy communities — putting the public interest first.

Date:	Thursday, May 11, 2017
Time:	9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Location:	Media Studio, Main Legislative Building, Queen’s Park
Speakers:	Peter Milczyn, MPP, Etobicoke-Lakeshore
	Jason Ferrigan, RPP, President-Elect, OPPI

Planning in Ontario has far-reaching implications for our communities and should have more current legislation that better protects the public. The timing of this proposed legislation is particularly important given that OPPI members are instrumental in implementing the upcoming changes to Provincial planning legislation.

About the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI)
OPPI is the recognized voice of the Province’s planning profession. Our almost 4,500 members work in government, private practice, universities, and not-for-profit agencies in the fields of urban and rural development, community design, environmental planning, transportation, health, social services, heritage conservation, housing, and economic development. Members meet quality practice requirements and are accountable to OPPI and the public to practice ethically and to abide by a Professional Code of Practice. Only Full Members are authorized by the Ontario Professional Planners Institute Act, 1994, to use the title “Registered Professional Planner” (or “RPP”).

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Website: www.ontarioplanners.ca
More about Professional Regulation: ontarioplanners.ca/Who-We-Are/Professional-Regulation

Backgrounder available here.

Professional - Accountable - Future-driven - Collaborative - Progressive

For more information, please contact: 
Loretta Ryan, RPP, CAE, Director, Public Affairs
416-668-8469 or l.ryan@ontarioplanners.ca

Sarah Snowdon, Communications Manager
416-838-3423 or s.snowdon@ontarioplanners.ca

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