On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Whereas; the York Region Wastewater Advisory Panel (“Panel”) has been established by Order-in-Council as a short-term advisory panel to provide advice to the Government of Ontario about options to address wastewater servicing capacity needs in the upper parts of York Region;

Therefore, pursuant to the prerogative of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario to provide for the remuneration of advisors who serve Her Majesty’s Government in Ontario in the discharge of its executive obligations and responsibilities,

The following rates of remuneration shall apply to persons appointed to the Panel during the term of their appointment:

Chair remuneration

  1. The member who is appointed as the Chair will be remunerated at a rate of $900 per diem, to a maximum of $180,900.

Vice-Chair remuneration

  1. A member who is appointed as the Vice-Chair will be remunerated at a rate of $800 per diem, to a maximum of $104,000.

Other member remuneration

  1. Each of the other appointed members will be remunerated at a rate of $700 per diem, to a maximum of $91,000.

Expenses

In addition to the remuneration set out above, the members of the Panel, including the Chair and Vice-Chair, shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out their duties on the Panel in accordance with the Management Board of Cabinet’s Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses Directive.

And further, this Order in Council takes effect on the day the Order in Council O.C 1296/2021 comes into force.

Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Approved and Ordered: September 23, 2021