: Request for Submissions on Interim Report

November 8, 2013

In August 2013, Ontario’s Minister of Finance Charles Sousa announced the appointment of the Honourable J. Douglas Cunningham, former Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, to conduct a review of Ontario’s automobile insurance dispute resolution system. 

After receiving stakeholder submissions and consulting with stakeholders in September 2013, Mr. Cunningham delivered an interim report to the Minister of Finance on October 31, 2013, which outlined preliminary recommendations as well as a framework for possible legislation towards a new auto insurance dispute resolution system.

Written submissions regarding the interim report can be sent on or before December 2, 2013, either by e-mail to autoinsurance@ontario.ca or by Canada Post to:

Senior Manager
Insurance Policy Unit
Industrial and Financial Policy Branch
Ministry of Finance
95 Grosvenor Street, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario  M7A 1Z1

Stakeholder consultations on the interim report will be held in December 2013 in preparation for the final report, expected to be delivered by February 2014.

The Ministry of Finance is subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.  Written submissions received by the Ministry of Finance will be made publicly available and posted on the Ministry’s web site.