Ontario Gazette Volume 159 Issue 01 | January 03 2026
The Ontario Gazette is the Government of Ontario’s official publication for legislative decisions, proclamations of new statutes, all regulations made under Ontario statutes, and notices that ministries, agencies and other organizations are required to make public.
Government Notices — Other
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Minister’s Order
Appointing the Head of Council for the Regional Municipality of Niagara
Made under Section 218.3 of the Municipal Act, 2001
On November 20, 2025, the council of the Regional Municipality of Niagara declared its seat for the head of council vacant.
In accordance with section 218.3 of the Municipal Act, 2001, the Minister may, by order, appoint and fix the duration of the term of the head of council for The Regional Municipality of Niagara, for the term of office beginning in 2022.
Therefore, I order that:
- Effective December 18, 2025, Robert Gale is appointed the head of council for The Regional Municipality of Niagara, for a term ending on November 14, 2026.
Dated at Toronto this 17th of December 2025
Robert J. Flack
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
(159-G001E)
Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (“FSRA”)
Coming into Force Of: Rule 2024 – 002 Total Cost Reporting (the TCR Rule”)
The TCR Rule came into force on January 1, 2026.
The TCR Rule was created by FSRA” pursuant to the rulemaking authority granted by clause (11.1) of s. 121.0.1(1) of the Insurance Act (the “Act”). This rulemaking authority allows FSRA” to make a rule governing the conduct of insurers and agents with respect to the design, marketing, sale, issuance and administration of variable insurance contracts as defined in subsection 110(1) of the Act, including over the following matters,
- prescribing the form and content of variable insurance contracts,
- prescribing the form, content, time of filing and delivery of information folders and the persons to whom information folders shall be delivered,
- the furnishing of information by an insurer or agent thereof to prospective purchasers of variable insurance contracts,
- prescribing the documents, reports, statements, agreements and other information required to be filed, furnished or delivered under s. 110, and the form and content thereof, and
- governing what constitutes an individual variable insurance contract.
The full text of the TCR Rule is available on FSRA's” website at https://www.fsrao.ca/
(159-G002)