b'Federal Bill C-97:Federal Prompt Payment for Construction Work ActSaskatchewanBill 152Manitoba Bill 245British Columbia Bill M223Alberta Alberta Infrastructure ContractsOntarioPROMPT PAYMENT Construction ActAn overview of recent developments across the countryBy Kelly ParkerIt has been a long time coming, but after a movement thatintroduced on June 3, 2019, but was left in limbo when the began some 10 years ago, prompt payment (PP) legislationprovincial election was called.is finally starting to pass at both the federal and provincialIn the meantime, Manitoba and other provinces are levels. As these laws go into effect, other jurisdictions arekeeping a close eye on Ontario, where PP legislation has watching closely, to both tweak their proposed legislationsbeen passed. Known as the Construction Act, it grew out as needed, but also to learn about hitches and pitfalls to beof the recommendations contained in an in-depth report avoided in the transition period, and in practice. commissioned by the Government of Ontario and released For its part, Manitoba has tried twice now to enact promptin 2016. The reforms included a prompt payment regime, payment legislation, beginning with the tabling of a privateadjudication of construction disputes and implementation members bill (Bill 218), which passed first and secondof various technical amendments to modernize the Act.reading in April 2018, but died that November. That same month, the Manitoba Law Reform Commission releasedIn order to provide industry participants with sufficient its final report titled The Builders Liens Act of Manitoba:time to prepare for the changes, the Osler business law A Modernized Approach, which recommended, amongfirms National Construction and Infrastructure Group said other things, the introduction of a prompt payment andin a brief describing the transition process, the Ontario adjudication regime. A private members bill (Bill 245), titledgovernment staggered the implementation, with the The Prompt Payments in the Construction Industry Act, wastechnical amendments coming into force on July 1, 2018,40 BUILD MANITOBAwinnipegconstruction.ca'