Ontario Free Trade and Mobility Act, 2025

1 The purpose of this Act is to remove barriers to trade in goods and services, to labour mobility and to investment between Ontario and other jurisdictions within Canada.

2 In this Act, “authorization” means a certificate, licence, registration or other form of official recognition, granted by an authorizing body to a person or entity, permitting the person or entity to provide a service in the jurisdiction of the authorizing body; (“autorisation”) “authorizing body” means the government of a province or territory, the Government of Canada or a government agency, or a non-governmental body that exercises legal authority delegated to it by the government of a province or territory, or by the Government of Canada; (“organisme habilité à délivrer des autorisations”) “prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations made under this Act; (“prescrit”) “reciprocating jurisdiction” means a jurisdiction designated by a regulation made under section 3. (“autorité pratiquant la réciprocité”)

3 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations designating Canada or another province or territory of Canada as a reciprocating jurisdiction if the Lieutenant Governor in Council has determined that the other jurisdiction has in force legislation similar to and corresponding with this Act or has taken other satisfactory steps.

4 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations providing that the mutual recognition rules set out in subsection (2) apply with respect to a reciprocating jurisdiction. Same (2) The mutual recognition rules referred to in subsection (1) are as follows, subject to the regulations: 1. A good that has met the applicable standards and received the applicable approvals relating to the composition, performance, production, manufacture, quality, marketing, labelling, testing, certification, inspection or use of the good in a reciprocating jurisdiction, i. shall be treated as if the good has met the corresponding standards and received the corresponding approvals in Ontario but shall otherwise be subject to any laws applicable in Ontario, and ii. shall not be subject to any additional approval or testing requirements or to any fees associated with approval or testing requirements …

5 If a person or entity is entitled under paragraph 2 of subsection 4 (2) to be issued an authorization by an Ontario authorizing body, the authorizing body, before issuing the authorization to the person or entity, may require the person or entity to satisfy, (a) where applicable, any requirements that may be imposed by a regulatory authority under section 9 of the Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009 or by a College under section 22.18 of Schedule 2 to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, unless otherwise prescribed; and (b) any prescribed requirements.

6 (1) No cause of action arises against the Crown or an Ontario authorizing body or any current or former member of the Executive Council or employee, officer or agent of or advisor to the Crown or employee, officer, agent or director of or advisor to an Ontario authorizing body as a direct or indirect result of, (a) the enactment, amendment or repeal of any provision of this Act; (b) the making, amendment or revocation of any provision of a regulation or other instrument under this Act; or (c) anything done or not done in accordance with this Act, or a regulation or other instrument under this Act. No remedy (2) No costs, compensation or damages, including for loss of revenue or profit or any other alleged loss, whether direct or indirect, are owing or payable to any person by a person referred to in subsection (1), and no remedy, including a remedy in contract, restitution, tort, a rem…

7 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) determining whether a non-governmental body exercises legal authority delegated to it by the government of a province or territory or by the Government of Canada, for the purposes of the definition of “authorizing body”; (b) governing the application of the mutual recognition rules set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection 4 (2), including governing whether a good, person or entity has satisfied a condition specified in a paragraph of that subsection, and prescribing circumstances, conditions and limitations on the application of the rules to, (i) reciprocating jurisdictions, (ii) goods, or manufacturers, producers or sellers of goods, or (iii) persons, entities, authorizing bodies or sectors; (c) providing for exemptions from paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection 4 (2) or that the rules do not apply, and prescribing circumsta…

8 Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Act).

9 Omitted (enacts short title of this Act). ______________