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 12 – Ending Automobile Insurance Discrimination in the Greater Toronto Area Act
Original Bill here Bill 12 would make it so automobile insurance companies are no longer allowed to charge a different rate based solely on the municipality or area of the GTA a resident lives in, and would require them to treat the entirety of the GTA as a single region. There’s two ways it does this, first is that it requires the Chief Executive Officer to refuse any application made by an insurer that uses geographic location as a risk classification as well as an application that treats portions of the GTA as separate geographic locations. Second is forbidding an...
Ontario Legislative Assembly – August 24, 2022
Good evening everyone! The majority of the work today was spent debating Bill 7 – More Beds Better Care Act. As a quick reminder, this is the Bill that will allow hospitals to have patients admitted to an LTC home without their consent if it’s decided that they don’t need the level of care a hospital provides. That’s… Actually about all that happened today. Our MPPs hit the 6.5 hour mark then Paul Calandra (Minister of Long-Term Care) requested more time for debate, the debate continued, and everyone went home. (Note: The 6.5 hour mark doesn’t mean they debated for...
Ontario Legislative Assembly – August 23, 2022
Good evening everyone, and welcome to the new website for Commons Sense! If there’s any improvements I could make feel free to let me know and I’ll see what I can do! On with yesterday’s summary! Yesterday had more debate around Bill 7 – More Beds, Better Care Act. Nothing has been resolved there yet. We also saw the introduction of Bill 11 – Speaking Out About, and Reporting On, Workplace Violence and Harassment Act. This Act would require hospitals and long-term care homes to publish the number of instances of workplace violence or harassment that occurred each month, and...
Bill 11 – Speaking Out About, and Reporting On, Workplace Violence and Harassment Act
Original Bill here Bill 11 changes the Occupational Health and Safety Act to require hospitals and long-term care homes to publish monthly reports on the number of workplace violence and harassment incidents that have occured during the month.
Bill 10 – Publication of Mandate Letters Act
Original Bill here Fairly simple Bill here, it would change the Executive Council Act to require Premiers to publish mandate letters, and changes the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to close an exemption to publishing such letters. The exemption normally applies when the disclosure would reveal the substance of deliberations of the Executive Council or its committees.
Bill 3 – Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act
Original Bill here Here’s the big changes to mayoral powers! This Bill affects the City of Toronto Act and the Municipal Act, but the changes are the same for both.
Bill 9 – Safe and Healthy Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence)
This Bill would change the Health Insurance Act, making it so insured services will include hospital and community-based violence intervention programs, as well as trauma-informed counselling for survivors and others affected by gun violence. It also changes the Health Protection and Promotion Act to give boards of health the same tools.
Bill 2 – Plan to Build Act
Update: September 1, 2022 Bill 2 passed its third reading. Update: August 30, 2022 Bill 2 passed its second reading and will skip the committee phase to go straight to its third reading vote. Update: August 29, 2022 The motion proposed by Michael Mantha (NDP, Algoma–Manitoulin) failed and the motion proposed by Andrea Khanjin (PC, Barrie–Innisfil) passed. Bill 2 no longer needs to go to committee and will instead be put to its second and third reading votes. Update: August 25, 2022 A motion was proposed by Andrea Khanjin (PC, Barrie–Innisfil) to have this Bill, upon a successful second reading...
Bill 4 – Stay Home If You Are Sick Act
Original Bill here We’ve got changes to the Employment Standards Act here, all of which are focused on giving paid sick leave to workers.
Bill 5 – Stopping Harassment and Abuse by Local Leaders Act
Original Bill here Bill 5 is set to prevent harassment or workplace violence from members of city councils and local boards