Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l'aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE: October 02, 2025
CASE NO(S).: OLT-25-000221
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 17(24) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Appellant: 4158 Kingston Road, Inc. c/o NADG
Appellant: 829 The Queensway Inc.
Appellant: Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto
Appellant: Toronto Catholic District School Board
Subject: Proposed Official Plan Amendment
Description: To update the Official Plan Avenues policies as part of the Housing Action Plan
Reference Number: OPA 778
Property Address: City-wide
Municipality/Upper Tier: City of Toronto
OLT Case No.: OLT-25-000221
OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-25-000221
OLT Case Name: 2441952 Ontario Inc. v. Toronto (City)
Heard: September 29, 2025, by Video Hearing
APPEARANCES:
Parties
Counsel
4158 Kingston Road, Inc. c/o NADG (North American Development Group)
Caroline Jordan Patrick Duffy (in absentia)
829 The Queensway Inc.
Katryna Vergis-Mayo Aaron Platt (in absentia)
Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto, in Canada
Tara Piurko Jesse White
Toronto Catholic District School Board
Tara Piurko Jesse White
City of Toronto
Cameron McKeich
MEMORANDUM OF ORAL DECISION DELIVERED BY Kurtis Smith ON September 29, 2025 AND ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL
INTRODUCTION
1The Tribunal convened the third Case Management Conference ("CMC") pertaining to the appeals filed against the City of Toronto ("City") initiated Official Plan Amendment ("OPA 778") pertaining to the Avenues Policy Framework within the City.
2The purpose of the CMC was to review the draft Procedural Order ("DPO") and Issues List ("IL") and set Merit Hearing dates. However, the Tribunal did not receive the DPO and IL by the deadline date in the Order of the second CMC. Moments prior to the CMC, the Tribunal received an update from the City regarding the status of the case.
3Mr. McKeich, counsel for the City, provided the above-mentioned update, orally. He explained that the Appellants and the City have continued to engage in without prejudice communications to further scope and reduce their issues, to be addressed at either site-specific hearings or one or more hearings to dispose of related City-wide issues. He explained that additional time is required to refine the issues and to confirm whether any additional scoping is possible, prior to finalizing the DPO.
NEXT STEPS
4The City and Appellants requested that a subsequent CMC be scheduled for December 2025 or January 2026. The City communicated that additional time would allow the City and Appellants to continue to engage in further without prejudice communications to refine the issues and confirm whether any additional scoping is necessary prior to finalizing the DPO and IL, and fixing hearing dates.
5The Tribunal cautiously scheduled a fourth CMC and imposed a deadline to submit the DPO and IL to the Case Coordinator by 4 p.m. on Monday, January 5, 2026. In the event the deadline is not met, the fourth CMC will be adjourned and the Parties will be required to request the scheduling of a future CMC.
6The fourth CMC is scheduled to proceed by video on Friday, January 16, 2026, at 10 a.m.
7Parties, Participants, and Observers are asked to log in to the event at least 15 minutes before it begins to test their video and audio connections:
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Access code: 719-383-509
8Parties and Participants are asked to access and set up the application well in advance of the event to avoid unnecessary delay. The desktop application can be downloaded at GoTo Meeting or a web application is available: https://app.gotomeeting.com/home.html
9Persons who experience technical difficulties accessing the GoTo Meeting application or who only wish to listen to the event can connect to it by calling in to an audio-only telephone line: +1-647-497-9373 or (toll-free) +1-888-299-1889. The access code is: 719-383-509.
10Individuals are directed to connect to the event on the assigned date at the correct time. It is the responsibility of the persons participating in the event to ensure that they are properly connected at the correct time. Questions prior to the event may be directed to the Tribunal's Case Coordinator.
ORDER
11THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS that:
a. a fourth Case Management Conference is scheduled, as set out above; and
b. the City will provide the draft Procedural Order and Issues List to the Tribunal on or before 4 p.m. on Monday, January 5, 2026.
12The Member is not seized, but may be contacted through the Case Coordinator should procedural issues arise.
"Kurtis Smith"
Kurtis Smith
Member
Ontario Land Tribunal
Website: www.olt.gov.on.ca Telephone: 416-212-6349 Toll Free: 1-866-448-2248
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