Bill 62: Public Health Accountability Act (In Honour of Dr. Sheela Basrur), 2025

This bill primarily affects public health governance in Ontario rather than directly regulating business operations. However, Ontario businesses across all sectors — restaurants, retail, manufacturing, construction, and services — could be indirectly affected during public health emergencies, as the bill creates a more independent Chief Medical Officer of Health and a mandatory select committee during declared health emergencies, potentially changing how public health orders (such as lockdowns, capacity limits, or workplace safety mandates) are developed and communicated. Business size does not particularly matter; any Ontario business subject to public health directives during a pandemic or health emergency would experience the downstream effects of this restructured decision-making process.