Order in Council 901/2025

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 pursuant to the Ontario Forest Tenure Modernization Act, 2011, S.O. 2011, c. 10, (the “Act”) the Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by regulation under the Act, on the recommendation of the Minister of Natural Resources or such other member of the Executive Council to whom responsibility for the administration of the Act may be assigned or transferred, establish Ontario local forest management corporations (LFMCs) as corporations without share capital;

And whereas Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation (NFMC) is an LFMC established as a corporation without share capital pursuant to section 1 of the Ontario Regulation 111/12 made under the Act;

And whereas Temagami Forest Management Corporation (TFMC) is an LFMC established as a corporation without share capital pursuant to section 1.1 of the Ontario Regulation 111/12 made under the Act;

And whereas NFMC and TFMC are Crown agents established pursuant to the Act;

And whereas NFMC and TFMC have requested to be designated as participating employers in the Public Service Pension Plan set out in Schedule 1, as amended, to the Public Service Pension Act, 1989 (PSPP) and in the Retirement Compensation Arrangement (RCA) established under Order in Council 1298/2021, as may be amended from time to time;

And whereas the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers it reasonable and appropriate for NFMC and TFMC, which are agents of the Crown, to join as participating employers in the PSPP and in the RCA, and for eligible employees of NFMC or TFMC to join the PSPP and the RCA (if applicable);

And whereas members of the PSPP whose pension benefits under the PSPP exceed the maximum pension benefits permitted under the Income Tax Act (Canada) in respect of registered pension plans also participate in the RCA;

Now therefore, pursuant to:

1. paragraph 2 of subsection 2(1) of the PSPP, all permanent full-time and permanent part-time employees of NFMC and TFMC are designated as a class of employees who are required to become members of the PSPP, in respect of service with NFMC or TFMC, respectively, on and after September 1, 2025; and
2. subparagraph 1(b) of subsection 2(2) of the PSPP, all fixed-term full-time and fixed-term part-time employees of NFMC and TFMC are designated as a class of employees who are entitled but not required to become members of the PSPP, in respect of service with NFMC or TFMC, respectively, on and after September 1, 2025, and shall, upon filing a written election with the Ontario Pension Board, become members of the PSPP;

And further that NFMC and TFMC shall be employers under the PSPP and the RCA for the purposes of the employees designated in this Order.