Ontario’s Producer Responsibility Regulatory Framework

On June 21, 2023, RPRA hosted Understanding Ontario’s Producer Responsibility Regulatory Framework Learning Series Event, a free half-day in-person workshop in Toronto. Stakeholders were also invited to join virtually as the event was livestreamed. 

The event was designed to provide registrants with a better understanding of the producer responsibility regulatory framework, the difference between the roles of RPRA, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and the Competition Bureau under the framework, and what to expect from RPRA as a regulator.

The event featured speakers from RPRA, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and the Competition Bureau of Canada. View the presentation slides here.

To view the video highlights from the event, see below: 

• Session 1: How RPRA, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and the Competition Bureau work together
  RPRA’s Registrar, Mary Cummins; Charles O’Hara, Director of the Resource Recovery Policy Branch of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks; and Étienne Tremblay-Guérin, Senior Competition Law Officer at the Competition Bureau discuss their roles under the producer responsibility regulatory framework and how they work together. This session includes individual presentations, a panel discussion and a Q&A session with the audience. 

• Session 2: RPRA’s approach to compliance
  RPRA’s Registrar, Mary Cummins, and Manager of Compliance and Strategy, Ellen White, provide insight into how RPRA assesses ​compliance priorities and risk​ along with the tools we have available to achieve compliance. This session includes individual presentations and a Q&A session with the audience.

On December 3, 2019, the Authority hosted Individual Producer Responsibility 101, a free half-day workshop on Ontario’s new Individual Producer Responsibility regulatory framework, as well as a webinar on the same topic on Thursday, December 5.

IPR 101 was led by RPRA’s Registrar Pat Moran and provided important and practical information and insight into Ontario’s new regulatory framework for supporting a circular economy and how to participate in the new emerging markets.

The event featured speakers from RPRA, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, the Competition Bureau of Canada, and key players in the tire recycling industry. 

To view the video highlights from the December 3 event, see below: 

• Welcome to RPRA’s Circular Economy Learning Series and IPR 101
  Frank Denton, RPRA’s CEO, introduces the first event in RPRA’s Circular Economy Learning Series, Individual Producer Responsibility 101.

• Ontario’s Approach to Producer Responsibility
  Charles O’Hara, Director, Resource Recovery Policy Branch, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, speaks to Ontario’s approach to producer responsibility. 

• What does IPR look like in Ontario?
  Pat Moran, RPRA’s Registrar, discusses how Ontario’s approach to producer responsibility is being implemented. 

• Implementing the Tires Regulation
  Pat Moran speaks to how RPRA is implementing the Tires Regulation. 

• What do you need to know in the new world?
  Pat Moran breaks down what producers/service providers/PROs need to know in the new world. 

• The RPRA Registry and data protection
  John Pinard, Director of Information and Information Technology, RPRA, talks about the cybersecurity and privacy considerations built into RPRA’s Registry. 

• The role of the Competition Bureau in a competitive marketplace
  Roger Nassrallah, A/ Assistant Deputy Commissioner Monopolistic Practices Branch, Competition Bureau, Government of Canada, explains the role of the Competition Bureau in a competitive marketplace. 

• Transitioning to IPR: What We’ve Learned So Far
  The panel discussion, moderated by Mary Cummins, RPRA’s Deputy Registrar, focuses on the transition to IPR. Panelists share their different perspectives on what they’ve learned so far, pulling from their experience with the tires transition. Panelists: Gordon Day, VP, Ryse Solutions Inc., Andrew Horsman, General Manager – Canada, CRM, Steve Meldrum, CEO, eTracks, Adam Moffatt, Executive Director, Ontario Tire Dealers Association and Pat Moran, Registrar, RPRA.