Bill 22

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 –...

  • September 13, 2022

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.

  • September 13, 2022

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