Bill 3

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 –...

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...