Ontario Bill 8 (36th Parliament, 1st Session)

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Bill 8, Job Quotas Repeal Act, 1995

Mushinski, Hon. Marilyn Minister of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation

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Job Quotas Repeal Act, 1995

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill repeals the Employment Equity Act, 1993 . The Bill also repeals the provisions of the Human Rights Code and the Police Services Act that relate to employment equity and the provisions of the Education

Act that relate to employment equity and affirmative action.

Bill1995

An Act to repeal job quotas

and to restore merit-based

employment practices in Ontario

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Employment Equity Act, 1993

(1) The Employment Equity Act, 1993 is repealed.

(2) All orders made and policy directives issued by the Employment Equity Commission and all orders made by the Employment Equity Tribunal are of no force or effect.

(3) All agreements entered into under subsection 26 (2) of the Employment Equity Act, 1993 cease to be binding on the parties and are of no force or effect.

(4) All proceedings instituted before the Employment Equity Tribunal and all prosecutions instituted with the consent of the Tribunal, but not concluded before this Act comes into force, are hereby discontinued, without

costs.

(5) Every person in possession of information collected from employees exclusively for the purpose of complying with

Part III of the Employment Equity Act, 1993 shall destroy the information as soon as reasonably possible after

this Act comes into force.

Education Act

(1) Paragraph 29 of subsection 8 (1) of the Education Act , as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1992,

chapter 16,

section 2, is repealed.

(2) Subsection 135 (5) of the Act is repealed.

Human Rights Code

(1) Section 14.1 of the Human Rights Code , as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993,

chapter 35,

section 56, is repealed.

(2) Section 24.1 of the Code, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993,

chapter 35,

section 56 and amended by 1994,

chapter 27,

section 65, is repealed.

(3) Section 41.1 of the Code, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993,

chapter 35,

section 56 and amended by 1994,

chapter 27,

section 65, is repealed.

Police Services Act

4. (1) Clause 3 (2) (

c) of the Police Services Act is repealed.

(2) Subsection 17 (3) of the Act is repealed.

(3) Clause 22 (1) (

b) of the Act is repealed.

(4) Subsections 23 (2) and (4) of the Act are repealed.

(5) Subsection 23 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out "or paragraph 3 of subsection (2)" in the second and third lines.

(6) Subsections 23 (13) and (14) of the Act are repealed.

(7) Clause 31 (1) (

f) of the Act is repealed.

(8) Clause 41 (1) (

f) of the Act is repealed.

(9) Clause 41 (1) (

g) of the Act is amended by striking out "and on the implementation of the employment equity plan" in the third, fourth and fifth lines.

(10) Section 48 of the Act is repealed.

(11) Paragraphs 10 and 11 of subsection 135 (1) of the Act are repealed.

(12) All hearings before the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services under subsection 23 (2) of the Police Services Act that were commenced but not concluded before this Act comes into force are hereby discontinued,

without costs.

General

Crown bound

5. This Act binds the Crown.

Commencement

6. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

7. The

short title of this Act is the Job Quotas Repeal Act, 1995 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

December 14, 1995

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

December 13, 1995

Third Reading

Carried on division

December 12, 1995

Third Reading

Debate

November 30, 1995

Ordered for Third Reading

November 30, 1995

Reported as amended

November 30, 1995

Consideration of a Bill