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Bill 249, We're All in This Together Act (Cutting MPP Salaries to CERB Equivalent), 2021

Baber, Roman

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Legislative Assembly Act to reduce

the salary of all members of the Assembly to $500 per week until all emergency

orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic, except those orders relating to hospitals

and long-term care homes, are revoked.

The

Bill also amends the Executive Council Act to

eliminate all salary for members of the Assembly under that Act until all

emergency orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic, except those orders relating

to hospitals and long-term care homes, are revoked.

Bill 249 2021

Act respecting the salaries of members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Legislative Assembly Act is amended by adding

the following section:

Temporary

salary reduction — COVID-19

62.1 Despite sections 61 and

62, the salary of every member is $500 per week until all emergency orders

under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to

COVID-19) Act, 2020 and the Emergency Management

and Civil Protection Act relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, except those

orders relating to hospitals and long-term care homes, are revoked.

Section 3 of the Executive Council Act is amended

by adding the following subsection:

salary during COVID-19 pandemic

(6) No

member of the Assembly shall receive any salary under this

section until all emergency

orders under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to

COVID-19) Act, 2020 and the Emergency Management

and Civil Protection Act relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, except those

orders relating to hospitals and long-term care homes, are revoked.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the We’re All in This

Together Act (Cutting MPP Salaries to CERB Equivalent), 2021 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

February 17, 2021

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

February 17, 2021

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 249

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

Executive Council Act

Legislative Assembly Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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