What is Bill 137? – Saskatchewan’s Parents’ Bill of Rights
The Saskatchewan Parents’ Bill of Rights covers a number of school-related topics, most controversially any child’s change in gender identity.
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Ontario Legislative Assembly – October 31, 2022 to November 3
New Bills First new Bill was Bill 28 – Keeping Students in School Act. This Bill would use The Notwithstanding Clause to override the Charter Right for unions to strike to force a new contract on CUPE and prevent them from striking or taking any legal action against the government. Michael Parsa proposed a Motion that, when Bill 28 next comes up it go directly to its second reading vote. The Motion would also see Bill 28 skip the committee phase, go to its third reading debate, then immediately go to its final vote. The Motion passed 78 in favour...
Bill 34 – Pandemic Preparedness Act
Bill 34 – Pandemic Preparedness Act is pretty simple and makes two changes to the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
Bill 33 – Maternal Mental Health Day Act
Bill 33 – Maternal Mental Health Day Act would make the first Wednesday of May Maternal Mental Health Day. The goal is to promote awareness of maternal mental illnesses, such as perinatal mood and anxiety disorder, that can be caused by pregnancies. There is an emphasis here on marginalized populations, such as LGBTQ2S+ people, members of Indigenous communities, etc. where existing issues such as addictions and substance use can make these problems worse.
Bill 24 – Health Care is Not for Sale Act (Addressing Unfair Fees Charged to Patients)
Bill 24 is focused on preventing patients from being charged “unfair fees” by designating it as professional misconduct or by revoking or suspending the licenses of independent health facilities.
Ontario Legislative Assembly – October 25, 2022
Welcome back everyone! With the municipal election done the Legislative Assembly is back and opened up with the hefty Bill 23 – More Homes, Built Faster Act!
tl;dr Bill 23 – More Homes, Built Faster Act
This is a massive Omnibus Bill, so while I work on doing a full summary on it here’s a shortened summary on what it should do.
Ontario Legislative Assembly – September 14, 2022
Well there’s an easy update today. Our MPPs met at 2PM, immediately passed a motion that after the afternoon business they’d adjourn until October 25th, all the party leaders took a turn to talk about the Queen, there was a moment of silence and the National Anthem, then at about 2:47 they adjourned. So I guess that’s all we’ll be hearing provincially for the next month.
Ontario Legislative Assembly – September 6 – 8, 2022
Hello everyone! Sorry for the silence last week, I came down sick and didn’t have the energy (or focus) to read through anything legislative. Fortunately it was a short week last week, so we’ll just do a full-week summary! New Bills First up we saw the introduction of Bill 18 – Consent Awareness Week Act. This Bill would declare the week starting the third Monday in September Consent Awareness Week, with the main purpose being to draw attention to the increase of sexual violence on post-secondary campuses during the first few weeks of the new school year. Bill 19 –...
Bill 22 – Poet Laureate of Ontario Amendment Act (French-language Poet Laureate of Ontario)
Bill 22 changes the Poet Laureate of Ontario Act (In Memory of Gord Downie) to allow for an English-language Poet Laureate and a French-language Poet Laureate, instead of just a single Poet Laureate. It also makes the necessary changes to ensure that the French-language Poet Laureate needs to have the majority of their work written in French and that at least two members of the selection panel are capable of evaluating the original French-language works.
Bill 21 – Fixing Long-Term Care Amendment Act (Till Death Do Us Part)
Bill 21 changes the Fixing Long-Term Care Act by adding the right of residents not to be separated from their spouse on admission, and to require the LTC home to provide accommodations for both of them so they can continue living together.
Bill 20 – Access to Sexual Assault Evidence Kits and Provision of Sexual Assault Education Act
Bill 20 does two things. First, it changes the Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act so that anyone approved to give out nursing degrees must also offer Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner training, for free, to every student enrolled in the nursing program. Second, it changes the Public Hospitals Act to require hospitals to have at least 10 sexual assault evidence kits available at all times, to be provided free of charge to patients that need them.
Bill 19 – Auditor General Amendment Act
Bill 19 amends the Auditor General Act to make it so ministries, Crown agencies, Crown corporations, and grant recipients can no longer refuse to provide information to the Auditor General on the grounds of that information being confidential, private, or otherwise privileged. (Such as solicitor-client privilege, litigation privilege, etc) If the Auditor General believes the information is necessary to perform their job, it has to be delivered.
Bill 18 – Consent Awareness Week Act
Bill 18 would make the week starting the third Monday in September each year Consent Awareness Week. The objective is to raise awareness of sexual violence and consent, and the week was chosen to recognize the increase in sexual violence that occurs on post-secondary campuses during the first six weeks of the new school year.