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Bill 79, Algoma University Amendment Act, 2019

Romano, Ross

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Algoma University Act, 2008 to

re-instate the expanded power of the University to grant degrees which was

included in the Act when it was enacted in 2008. The power was never proclaimed

in force and was repealed under

section 10.1 of the Legislation

Act, 2006 as of December 31, 2018. The power would still come into force

only on proclamation as in the version of the Act that was enacted in 2008.

Bill 79 2019

Act to amend the Algoma University Act, 2008

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) Section 6 of the Algoma University Act,

2008 is repealed and the following substituted:

Degrees,

etc.

The

University may,

(

a) grant

bachelor degrees in any arts or science program; and

(

b) award

diplomas and certificates, except post-graduate diplomas and certificates, in

any and all branches of learning.

Same

(2) Section

6 of the Act, as re-enacted by subsection (1), is repealed and the following

substituted:

Degrees,

etc.

The

University may,

(

a) grant

degrees, including honorary degrees, in any and all branches of learning; and

(

b) award

certificates and diplomas in any and all branches of learning.

The

Schedule to the Act is repealed.

Commencement

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into force on

a day the day it receives Royal Assent.

(2) Section

1 comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant

Governor.

(3) Section

2 comes into force on the day subsection 1 (1) comes into force.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Algoma University

Amendment Act, 2019 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

March 21, 2019

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly

March 21, 2019

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

March 21, 2019

Second Reading

Debated

March 6, 2019

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 6, 2019

Committee

Second Reading

March 21, 2019

Mr. Ross Romano, Mr. Chris Glover, Mr. Stephen Lecce, Mr. Michael Mantha, Miss Kinga Surma, Ms. Marit Stiles, Mr. Michael Parsa

March 21, 2019

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly.

Committee

Referred to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 79

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Algoma University Act, 2008

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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