The Ontario Medal for Police Bravery was created in 1975 and is awarded annually to honour police officers who have gone above and beyond to protect and serve their community.
Archived Backgrounder | Solicitor General
The province is introducing the Safer Ontario Act, 2017, a comprehensive public safety legislative package that, if passed, would represent the largest policing transformation in a generation.
Archived Backgrounder | Solicitor General
Ontario is proposing changes to enhance accountability and transparency of the policing oversight system in order to strengthen trust between the police and the communities they serve.
Archived Backgrounder | Attorney General
The following police services have received funding from Ontario's Policing Effectiveness and Modernization Grant:
Archived Backgrounder | Solicitor General
One of the fundamental presumptions in Canadian criminal law is that a person arrested and charged with an offence will be out of custody prior to trial. This is based on the presumption of inn...
Archived Backgrounder | Attorney General
Ontario's plan for Fair Workplaces and Better Jobs proposes to create a new unpaid job-protected leave of absence under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) where an employee or an employee's c...
Archived Backgrounder | Labour, Training and Skills Development
Ontario is providing a total of approximately $18.6 million to 44 partners and agencies across the province for projects that aim to prevent human trafficking and support survivors, through th...
Archived Backgrounder | Children, Community and Social Services
The Proceeds of Crime Front-line Policing Grant is supported with funds forfeited to t...
Archived Backgrounder | Solicitor General
The federal government's Cannabis Act, if passed, would make it legal to produce, use and se...
Archived Backgrounder | Attorney General
Archived Backgrounder | Children, Community and Social Services
