Appendix B
Assignment and Transfer of Powers, Duties, Functions, Responsibilities and Programs to the Minister and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

Minister

  1. The Minister shall exercise the powers and perform the duties, functions and responsibilities that had been previously assigned and transferred to the Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry under Order in Council O.C. 1035/2021 dated July 28, 2021, in respect of natural resources and forestry, and such powers, duties, functions and responsibilities are assigned and transferred to the Minister accordingly. These include but are not limited to the powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of the Minister of Natural Resources in respect of the following Acts:
    1. Conservation Land Act
    2. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997
    3. Fisheries Loans Act
    4. Forest Fires Prevention Act
    5. Forestry Act
    6. Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act
    7. Ministry of Natural Resources Act except in respect of sections 7, 9, and 12 as they can be applied to support the powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks related to provincial parks, conservation reserves and species at risk
    8. North Georgian Bay Recreational Reserve Act, 1962-3
    9. Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act
    10. Ontario Geographic Names Board Act
    11. Seine River Diversion Act, 1952
    12. Wild Rice Harvesting Act
    13. Wilderness Areas Act

Ministry

  1. The Ministry shall carry out the functions, responsibilities and programs that had been previously carried out by the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry under Order in Council O.C. 1035/2021 dated July 28, 2021, in respect of natural resources and forestry, and such functions, responsibilities and programs are assigned and transferred to the Ministry accordingly. These include, but are not limited to the functions, responsibilities and programs of the Ministry of Natural Resources in respect of the following Acts:
    1. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997
    2. Forest Fires Prevention Act
    3. Forestry Act
    4. Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act
    5. Ministry of Natural Resources Act except in respect of sections 7, 9, and 12 as they can be applied to support the functions, responsibilities and programs of the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks related to provincial parks, conservation reserves and species at risk
    6. Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act

Order in Council 1204/2022