Summary

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 –...

Good morning everyone! Super quick summary today! Bill 2 – Plan to Build Act passed its third reading vote with the PCs voting in favour and everyone else voting against. The Assembly then adjourned early for the long weekend! They’ll be back on Tuesday, so I’ll see you all next week!

Hello everyone! We had a few votes yesterday, first of which (as you may have heard) was the third and final vote on Bill 7 – More Beds, Better Care Act. It passed with the PCs voting in favour and everyone voting against, received royal assent, and will now go into effect at a time decided by the Lieutenant Governor. Next up we saw the return of Bill 3 – Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act. This is the Act that would give Mayors control over things like budgets and committees, and also give them veto powers over anything that goes...

Good evening! Busy day yesterday with some new Bills put on the table and some votes on Bills 2 and 7! First up we have the second reading vote on Bill 2 – Plan to Build Act. The vote passed with the PCs voting in favour and everyone else voting against. As per the motion that has just passed, it will skip the committee phase and go straight to its third reading vote. We then had the second reading vote on Bill 7 – More Beds, Better Care Act. This is the Bill that would allow hospital patients to be...

Good evening everyone! Today saw a fair bit of action, including the introduction of Bills 12 and 13!

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...

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...