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Bill 33, Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025

Calandra, Hon. Paul Minister of Education

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chapter 12

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s

aid to Bill 33 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 33 has been enacted as

Chapter 12 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2025.

SCHEDULE 1

CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES ACT, 2017

The

Schedule makes the following amendments to the Child,

Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 :

1. Currently,

section 15.1 of the Act requires children’s aid societies and licensees whose

licence is issued under

Part IX (Residential Licensing) of the Act to provide

children and young persons with information about the Ombudsman that is set out

in subsection 14.0.1 (1) of the Ombudsman Act . This

section is re-enacted to provide for additional circumstances in which such

information must be provided, including to persons entering into an agreement

under

section 124 of the Act. The section, as re-enacted, also requires

children’s aid societies and licensees to use language that is suitable to the

understanding of the child, young person or person in question when providing

the information.

2. The

Act is amended to require children’s aid societies to review their by-laws,

update them in accordance with the results of the review and make them

available to the public. The specific requirements for the review and for

making by-laws available to the public are to be determined by regulations made

by the Minister.

3. A

new

section 41.1 of the Act requires children’s aid societies to obtain the

Minister’s approval to enter into an agreement with respect to a financial

transaction or to enter into a financial arrangement if the financial

transaction or arrangement is one that is deemed by the regulations made by the

Minister to impact on a society’s ability to operate within its approved budget

allocation.

4. The

definition of “institution” in

section 62 of the Act is amended to eliminate

the current exclusion of maternity homes from the scope of that definition.

SCHEDULE 2

EDUCATION ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Education Act ,

including the following:

1. The

Act currently includes provisions setting out specific situations when there

may be an investigation of a board’s affairs. Amendments provide that, instead,

an investigation may be directed if the Minister has concerns about a matter of

public interest. Matters of public interest include whether boards, board

members and directors of education are carrying out their duties under this Act

in an appropriate manner. Provisions are included that address the powers of

investigators and possible actions that may be taken after an investigation.

2. Amendments

provide that the Minister may give directions to the board to address a matter

of public interest if, in the Minister’s opinion, a board, board member or

director of education has done or omitted to do something, or is likely to do

or omit to do something, that could affect a matter of public interest. Control

and charge of a board may be vested in the Minister if a board does not comply

with a Minister’s direction, or in certain other circumstances. Currently, such

vesting orders must be made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

3. Currently

the Act requires boards to have external auditors and audit committees. The Act

is amended to also provide for Ministry auditors and internal auditors, and to

make related amendments.

4. The

Minister is given power to establish policies and guidelines respecting school

board expense policies.

5. A

requirement is added for boards to work with local police services to provide

them with access to school premises, permit them to participate in school

programs and implement school resource officer programs.

6. A

new

section requires boards to apply to the Minister for approval of the name

of a new school or to change the name of an existing school. Provisions are

included respecting the approval process and what the board may do upon

approval or rejection of a name.

7. Related

regulation-making powers are included.

SCHEDULE 3

MINISTRY OF TRAINING, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACT

The

Schedule amends the Ministry of Training, Colleges and

Universities Act .

New

section 16.0.2 requires colleges of applied arts and technology and

publicly-assisted universities to assess applicants based on merit and to

publish the criteria and process to be used for assessment into programs of

study. The Lieutenant Governor in Council is given authority to make related

regulations.

New

section 20.1 requires colleges of applied arts and technology and

publicly-assisted universities to develop and implement research security

plans.

New

section 21.1 authorizes regulations to be made by the Lieutenant Governor in

Council governing fees that colleges of applied arts and technology or

publicly-assisted universities may charge to students or require students to

pay.

New

section 24 provides that in the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the

Act or a regulation made under the Act, other than a regulation made under

section 18 of the Act, with any other Act or regulation, the Act or the regulation

made under it prevails.

SCHEDULE 4

OMBUDSMAN ACT

The

Schedule amends the Ombudsman Act to expand the

Ombudsman’s functions in relation to services provided under the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 . Complementary

amendments are made to various provisions of the Act.

Bill 33 2025

Act to amend various Acts in relation to child, youth and family services,

education, and colleges and universities

CONTENTS

Contents

of this Act

Commencement

Short

title

Schedule 1

Child,

Youth and Family Services Act, 2017

Schedule 2

Education

Act

Schedule 3

Ministry

of Training, Colleges and Universities Act

Schedule 4

Ombudsman

Act

His

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Contents

of this Act

1 This Act consists of this section, sections 2 and 3 and

the Schedules to this Act.

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this

section, this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

(2) The

Schedules to this Act come into force as provided in each Schedule.

(3) If

a

Schedule to this Act provides that any of its provisions are to come into

force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, an

order may apply to one or more of those provisions, and orders may be issued at

different times with respect to any of those provisions.

Short

title

3 The

short title of this Act is the Supporting

Children and Students Act, 2025 .

SCHEDULE 1

CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES ACT, 2017

Section 15.1 of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act,

2017 is repealed and the following substituted:

Provision

of information re Ombudsman

Societies

and residential licensees

15.1

(1) A

society or a licensee whose licence is issued under

Part IX shall provide the

information described in subsection 14.0.1 (1) of the Ombudsman

Act to a child or young person when,

(

a) the

society or licensee begins to provide a service to the child or young person;

(

b) the

child or young person makes a complaint under clause 18 (1) (

a) or (

b) or when the

child or young person requests a further review of the complaint under

subsection 19 (1) once the review by the society or licensee is completed.

Societies

(2) A

society shall provide the information described in subsection 14.0.1 (1) of the

Ombudsman Act to,

(

a) a

child when,

(

i) the

child requests that the society support them through a written agreement for

services and supports under subsection 77 (1),

(ii) the

child enters into an agreement made under subsection 77 (1) or renews such an

agreement under subsection 77 (2),

(iii) the

society who is a party to an agreement under subsection 77 (1) with the child

issues a written notice to terminate the agreement under subsection 77 (4) or

the child issues such a notice to the society, or

(iv) the

society provides information to the child about entering into an agreement

referred to in

section 124;

(

b) a

person when the society provides information to the person about entering into

an agreement referred to in

section 124;

(

c) a

person when the person enters into an agreement referred to in

section 124; or

(

d) a

person who is a party to an agreement under

section 124 when,

(

i) the

society renews the agreement, or

(ii) the

person provides the society with a written notice to terminate the agreement.

Other

circumstances

(3) In

addition to when required by subsections (1) and (2), societies and licensees

whose licence is issued under

Part IX shall provide children, young persons or

other persons for whom the Ombudsman’s functions under subsection 14 (1.1) of the

Ombudsman Act may be relevant the information

described in subsection 14.0.1 (1) of that Act when, in the opinion of the

society or licensee, it is necessary to ensure that the child, young person or

other person understands that information and when otherwise required by the

regulations.

Suitable

language

(4) When

providing the information in accordance with this section, societies and

licensees whose licence is issued under

Part IX shall use language that is

suitable to the understanding of the child, young person or person in question.

Section 36 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Review

and posting of by-laws

(4) Subject

to the regulations, a society shall,

(

a) review

its by-laws, as required by and in accordance with the regulations, and update

them in accordance with the results of the review; and

(

b) make

its by-laws available to the public as required by and in accordance with the

regulations.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Limit

on certain financial transactions and arrangements

41.1 Subject to the

regulations, a society shall not, without the Minister’s approval, enter into an

agreement with respect to a financial transaction or enter into a financial

arrangement if the financial transaction or financial arrangement is one that

is deemed by the regulations to impact on a society’s ability to operate within

its approved budget allocation.

Clause (

a) of the definition of “institution” in

section 62 of the Act is

amended by striking out “a children’s residence, other than a maternity home,

operated by the Minister” at the beginning and substituting “a children’s

residence operated by the Minister”.

(1) Subsection 341 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following

paragraph:

5.1 governing,

for the purposes of subsection 36 (4), reviews by societies of their by-laws

and the manner in which and times at which societies are to make their by-laws

available to the public, including regulations,

i. exempting

specified societies from the application of that subsection or either of

clauses 36 (4) (

a) or (b),

ii. governing

the timing of reviews required by that subsection,

iii. setting

out requirements that must be met by societies when conducting a review of

their by-laws, including requirements that societies take into account

specified considerations;

(2) Subsection

341 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

7.1 providing

for exemptions from

section 41.1 and prescribing financial transactions or

financial arrangements that are deemed to impact on a society’s ability to

operate within its approved budget allocation for the purposes of that section;

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this

Schedule

comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor in

Council.

(2) Sections

1 and 4 come into force on the day the Supporting Children and Students Act,

2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 2

EDUCATION ACT

1 Subsection 1 (1) of the Education

Act is amended by adding the following

definitions:

“external

auditor” means a person appointed as an external auditor under subsection 253

(1); (“vérificateur externe”)

“internal

auditor” means a person employed or serving as an internal auditor under

subsection 253.0.1 (1); (“vérificateur interne”)

“Ministry

auditor” means a person appointed as a Ministry auditor under subsection 252.1

(1); (“vérificateur du ministère”)

(1) Subsection 8 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following

paragraph:

policies

and guidelines: school board expense policies

3.7 establish

and require boards to comply with policies and guidelines governing board

expense policies, including policies and guidelines that,

i. specify

key principles and other content that must be included in board expense

policies, and

ii. set

out requirements relating to discretionary spending;

(2) Paragraph

30 of subsection 8 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

auditors

30. prescribe

the duties to be performed by Ministry auditors, external auditors and internal

auditors;

Subsections 11.1 (2) to (5) of the Act are repealed.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Work

with local police services

170.0.2

(1) Every

board shall work with its local police services to, in the prescribed

circumstances,

(

a) provide

the local police services with access to school premises;

(

b) permit

the local police services to participate in school programs; and

(

c) implement

school resource officer programs, where such programs are available.

Same

(2) A

board shall perform its duties under subsection (1) in accordance with any regulations

and any policies or guidelines established under subsection 301 (7).

Regulations

(3) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(

a) governing

the manner in which boards shall work with local police services;

(

b) prescribing

the circumstances in which boards shall provide local police services with

access to school premises or permit local police services to participate in

school programs, and governing such access and participation;

(

c) prescribing

the circumstances in which boards shall implement school resource officer

programs, and governing such programs, including respecting their development

and implementation, participation in the programs and review of the programs.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

School

names

Application

for approval

(1) Before

a board may name a new school or change the name of an existing school, the

board shall apply to the Minister, in the form required by the Minister, for

approval of the name.

Approval

of current names

(2) If

a board began using a new school name on or after January 1, 2025 but before

the day

section 5 of

Schedule 2 to the Supporting Children

and Students Act, 2025 came into force, the Minister may require the

board to apply for approval of the name.

Decision

of Minister

(3) After reviewing an application

made under subsection (1) or (2), the Minister shall,

(

a) approve

the name, with or without conditions; or

(

b) reject

the name.

Time

for response

(4) If

a time period is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection and the

Minister does not respond within that time period, the name is deemed to be

approved.

Use

of name

(5) If

the name is approved, the board may use the name after any conditions attached

to the approval are satisfied.

Rejected

name

(6) If

the name is rejected,

(

a) the

board shall not use the rejected name and,

(

i) if

the rejected name is the school’s current name, shall immediately start using

the school’s previous name,

(ii) if

the rejected name is not the school’s current name, shall continue to use the

current name, and

(iii) if

the school does not currently have a name, shall create a temporary name for

the school based on its address, as needed; and

(

b) the

board may reapply under subsection (1) in respect of a different name but shall

comply with clause (

a) until a new name, if any, is approved.

Regulations

(7) The

Minister may make regulations prescribing a time period for the purposes of

subsection (4).

Policies

and guidelines

(8) The

Minister may establish policies and guidelines and issue directions relating to

processes for naming schools and require boards to comply with the policies,

guidelines or directions.

Sections 230 to 230.3 of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Matters

of public interest

(1) For the purposes of this Part, the following

are matters of public interest:

1. Whether

boards, board members and directors of education are carrying out their duties

under this Act in an appropriate manner.

2. Any

other matter that may be prescribed.

Same

(2) For

greater certainty, and without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the

duties referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) include duties that relate

to,

(

a) the

delivery of education programs;

(

b) student

achievement and well-being;

(

c) the

financial affairs of a board and its use of resources;

(

d) the

construction, maintenance, management, acquisition and disposition of capital

assets;

(

e) board

governance;

(

f) the

day-to-day management of a board; and

(

g) the

engagement of parents and other entities that may have an interest in the

activities of a board.

Regulations

(3) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of

paragraph 2 of subsection (1).

Investigation,

board affairs

230.1

(1) The Minister may direct an

investigation of a board’s affairs if the Minister has concerns about a matter

of public interest.

Appointment

of investigator

(2) Where the Minister directs an investigation

under subsection (1), the Minister may appoint as an investigator an employee

in the Ministry or any other person or entity.

Powers

of investigator

(3) An

investigator may,

(

a) require

the production of any records that may in any way relate to the investigation;

(

b) examine

and copy any records required under clause (a); and

(

c) require

any officer of a board or any other person to appear before the investigator and

give evidence, on oath or affirmation, relating to the investigation.

Application

of Public Inquiries Act, 2009

(4) Section

33 of the Public Inquiries Act, 2009 applies to an

investigation.

Report

of investigator

(5) On

completion of an investigation, an investigator shall report in writing to the

Minister.

Copy

of report

(6) If

the Minister takes any action under this Act to address the findings of the

report, including any action described in

section 230.2 or 230.3, the Minister

shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of the board before or at

the time the Minister takes the action.

Minister directions

230.2

(1) If in the opinion of

the Minister, a board, board member or director of education has done or

omitted to do something, or is likely to do or omit to do something, that could

affect a matter of public interest, the Minister

may give any directions to a board that the Minister considers advisable to address the matter.

Same

(2) For

the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister may direct a board to do one or

more of the following:

1. To

do anything, or refrain from doing anything, to address the matter of public

interest, within the time period specified in the direction.

2. To

prepare, submit and implement, within the time period specified in the

direction, a plan for addressing the matter of public interest.

Compliance

required

(3) A

board that is given direction under this

section shall comply with the

direction within the time specified in it.

Public

availability

(4) The

Minister may make directions under this

section available to the public.

Vesting order

230.3

(1) Subject

to subsection (2), the Minister may make any order that the Minister considers

necessary or advisable to vest in the Minister control and charge over the

administration of the affairs of a board in any of the following circumstances:

1. The

board has failed to comply with a direction given under

section 230.2 within

the time specified in it.

2. In

the opinion of the Minister, a board, board member or director of education has

done or omitted to do something, or is likely to do or omit to do something, that

could affect a matter of public interest.

3. Any

other circumstance that may be prescribed.

Same

(2) The

Minister may make an order in the circumstances described in paragraph 2 of subsection

(1) if,

(

a) an

audit or investigation has taken place under this Act in relation to the matter

of public interest and the Minister has received a report on the matter; or

(

b) the

Minister has notified the board of the Minister’s intention to issue an order

under subsection (1) and provided the board with the Minister’s reasons, and

has given the board no less than 14 days to respond.

Order

to be given to board

(3) The

order shall be promptly given to the secretary of the board.

Provisional action

(4) Despite

subsection (2), the Minister may provisionally exercise the power to make an

order set out in subsection (1) where, in the Minister’s opinion, it is

necessary to do so to avert an immediate threat to a matter of public interest.

Notice

(5) The

Minister shall give written notice of the provisional exercise of the power and

reasons for it to the board.

Regulations

(6) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of

paragraph 3 of subsection (1).

(1) Subsection

230.4 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out the portion before clause (

a) and clause (

a) and substituting the following:

Notice

of vesting order

(1) Where

a board is subject to an order under subsection 230.3 (1),

(

a) the

Minister shall publish notice of the order in The Ontario Gazette ; and

(2) Subsection

230.4 (5) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Effect

of order

(5) Subsection

(2) does not apply in relation to a board that is subject to an order under

subsection 230.3 (1) after the Minister makes an order of a type described in

clause 230.5.1 (2) (

b) or (

i) with respect to the board.

Section 230.5 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Control

exercisable by Minister

230.5

(1) Where the Minister has made an

order under subsection 230.3 (1) in respect of a board, the Minister has

control and charge over the board generally with respect to any matter in any

way affecting the board’s affairs.

Same

(2) Without

limiting the generality of subsection (1), where the Minister has made an order

under subsection 230.3 (1) in respect of a board, the Minister has control and

charge over the exercise and performance by the board of its powers, duties and

obligations with respect to all matters, including but not limited to matters respecting,

(

a) the

appointment and dismissal of the board’s officers and employees and their

powers, duties, salaries and remuneration;

(

b) the

board’s revenues and expenditures;

(

c) the

board’s sinking funds, retirement funds and the funds prescribed under clause

247 (3) (

e) and the money belonging to those funds;

(

d) the

board’s accounting and audit systems and dealings with the board’s assets,

liabilities, revenues and expenditures;

(

e) the

yearly or other estimates of the board, financial statements of the board and

other reports of the board required by the Minister as well as the form,

preparation and completion of them, and the times when they shall be made;

(

f) the

amounts to be provided for in the yearly or other estimates;

(

g) the

borrowing of money for the current expenditures of the board until the current

revenue has been received;

(

h) the

imposition, charging and collection of all fees, charges and expenses; and

(

i) the

sale or other disposition of any of the board’s assets.

Powers

of Minister re debt

230.5.1

(1) In this

section,

“indebtedness”

includes,

(

a) any

instrument prescribed under clause 247 (3) (f), debentures issued under a

repealed provision or other debt of the board, and

(

b) any

interest on any indebtedness of the board.

Same

(2) Where

a board is subject to an order under subsection 230.3

(1) , the Minister, with respect to the board’s indebtedness, has the power

by order to authorize or direct,

(

a) the

consolidation of all or any part of the board’s indebtedness;

(

b) the

Minister may approve, of instruments prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) or

other evidences of indebtedness, in substitution and exchange for any

debentures or such debt instruments that are outstanding or in payment and

satisfaction of all or any part of any other indebtedness, and compulsory

acceptance of those instruments or other evidences of indebtedness in payment

and satisfaction of the instruments that are outstanding or other indebtedness;

(

c) the

issue of new instruments prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) to cover any

consolidation under clause (

a) or (b);

(

d) the

retirement and cancellation of all or any part of the existing debenture debt

and debt incurred by any instrument prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) and

debt instruments prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) that are outstanding, on

the issue of new debt instruments prescribed by clause 247 (3) (

f) to cover

them or in exchange for them;

(

e) the

terms, conditions, places and times for exchange of new instruments prescribed

under clause 247 (3) (

f) for debt instruments that are outstanding;

(

f) the

variation of the basis, terms, times and places of payment of all or any part

of the board’s indebtedness;

(

g) the

creation and setting aside of sinking funds, retirement funds and funds

prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

e) and the restriction of money out of any

portion of the revenues of the board for meeting obligations relating to all or

any part of the board’s indebtedness;

(

h) the

custody, management, investment and application of sinking funds, retirement

funds, funds prescribed under clause 247 (3) (e), deferred revenues and

surpluses;

(

i) the

ratification and confirmation of any agreement, arrangement or compromise

entered into with any of the board’s creditors respecting all or any part of

the board’s indebtedness;

(

j) any

amendment or cancellation of any order made by the Minister under this

section

or of the terms of any agreement, arrangement or compromise ratified and

confirmed by the Minister under clause (i); and

(

k) the

implementation of an interim plan, pending a final plan, or of a final plan,

which may cancel all or any portion of interest in arrears and may alter,

modify or compromise the rights of debenture holders, holders of instruments

prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) or other creditors during any period of

time between the relevant date of default and the end of the fifth year

following the date on which the final plan was ordered implemented by the

Minister.

Limitation

(3) The

Minister shall not make any order under clause (2) (

k) unless creditors,

representing not less than two-thirds in amount of the aggregate of the

indebtedness of the board, excluding indebtedness in respect of which the board

is not directly but only contingently or collaterally liable, have filed in

writing with the Minister their approval of the making of the order.

Publication

of notice of intention to exercise powers

(4) Where

the Minister intends to exercise a power under subsection (2), the Minister

shall first give notice of the intention in The Ontario

Gazette and by any other publication and to the persons and in the

manner that the Minister considers proper.

Same

(5) The

notice shall state the date after which the matter is to be dealt with by the

Minister.

Same

(6) The

time stated under subsection (5) shall be at least two months after the notice

is published in The Ontario Gazette .

Incidental

matters

(7) Subsection

(4) does not apply with respect to any matter that, in the opinion of the

Minister, is merely incidental to the exercise of a power under subsection (2).

Objection

to be filed with Minister

(8) The

Minister shall not make any order under subsection (2) if an objection in

writing to the making of the order is filed with the Minister by creditors

representing not less than one-third in amount of the aggregate of the

indebtedness of the board, excluding indebtedness in respect of which the board

is not directly but only contingently or collaterally liable.

Approval

by creditors

(9) If

creditors, representing not less than two-thirds in amount of the aggregate of

the indebtedness of the board, excluding indebtedness in respect of which the

board is not directly but only contingently or collaterally liable, have filed

in writing with the Minister their approval of the making of any order of the

Minister under subsection (1), it is not necessary that two months referred to

in subsection (6) elapse.

Notice

when matter to be varied

(10) When

a matter is being dealt with by the Minister under this

section and the

Minister intends to vary the terms of any indebtedness, the Minister shall

first give notice of the intention to the persons and in the manner that the

Minister considers proper.

Same

(11) The

notice shall state the date after which the variation is to be dealt with by

the Minister.

Same

(12) The

time stated under subsection (11) shall be at least two weeks after the notice.

Certain

debenture and other debt not to form part of debt after order of Minister

230.5.2 After an order of the

Minister has been made under

section 230.5.1, no portion of the debenture debt

of the board represented by debentures or debt incurred by any instrument

prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) ordered to be cancelled, retired or

exchanged forms part of its debt within the meaning of a provision of this or

any other Act limiting the board’s borrowing powers.

Variation

or cancellation of subsisting agreements

230.5.3 Where a board is subject to an order under

subsection 230.3 (1), the board may, with the approval of the Minister,

enter into an agreement with any person with whom the board has previously

entered into an agreement or obligation that, or some term or obligation of

which, remains in whole or in part or in any manner to be carried out by the

board, for the amendment or cancellation of the subsisting agreement or

obligation.

Minister

to approve instrument issues

230.5.4

(1) Without the approval of the

Minister first being obtained, a board that is subject to an order under

subsection 230.3 (1) shall not, under this or any other Act, exercise or be

required to exercise any of its powers if that exercise will or may require

money to be provided by the issue of instruments prescribed under clause 247

(3) (

f) of the board.

Approval

of instrument by-laws

(2) Where

a board is subject to an order under subsection 230.3 (1), the board may, with

the approval of the Minister, pass by-laws providing for the issue of

instruments prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) or authorizing the sale of such

instruments or the offering of such instruments as security, but no such by-law

has any force and effect until approved by the Minister.

Minister

to have control over money and its application

230.5.5

(1) Where a board is subject to an

order under subsection 230.3 (1), the Minister has full charge and control over

all money belonging to the board and received by any person for or on its

behalf and the money shall be deposited in one of the following institutions,

to be designated by the board or, in the absence of designation by the board,

by the Minister:

1. A

bank listed in

Schedule I or II to the Bank Act (Canada).

2. A

loan or trust corporation registered under the Loan and

Trust Corporations Act .

3. A

credit union as defined in the Credit Unions and Caisses

Populaires Act, 2020 .

Same

(2) When

money is deposited as required by subsection (1), it shall only be applied for

the purposes, in the manner and at the times that the Minister may approve.

Same

(3) All

cheques drawn and issued by the board shall be signed and countersigned by the

persons and in the manner that the Minister may authorize.

Same

(4) No

money belonging to or revenues of the board may be applied by any person except

with the approval of or otherwise than as directed by the Minister.

(1) Subsection 230.7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “and

subsection 230.17 (3)”.

(2) Subsections

230.7 (3) and (4) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Exclusive

jurisdiction

(3) The

Minister has exclusive jurisdiction as to the making of an order under

subsection 230.3 (1), and that jurisdiction is not open to question or review

in any proceeding or by any court.

Review

of orders, etc.

(4) The

Minister may at any time review any order made by the Minister under subsection

230.3 (1) and confirm, amend or revoke it.

Section 230.17 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Revocation

of order

230.17 The Minister shall revoke an order made under

subsection 230.3 (1) if the Minister is of the opinion that the affairs of the

board no longer need to be administered under this Part.

Part VIII of the Act is amended by adding the following section:

Transition

230.19.1

(1) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting transitional

matters related to the implementation of amendments made by

Schedule 2 of the Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 .

Conflict

with transitional regulations

(2) In

the event of a conflict, a regulation made under subsection (1) prevails over

provisions of

an Act or regulation that are administered by the Minister.

Subsection 231 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “subsection 230.3

(2) or 257.31 (2) or (3)” and substituting “subsection 230.3 (1)”.

Clause 232 (4) (

d) of the Act is amended by striking out “subsection 230.3

(2) or 257.31 (2) or (3)” and substituting “subsection 230.3 (1)”.

Clause 243 (5) (

b) of the Act is amended by striking out “subsection 230.3

(2) or 257.31 (2) or (3)” and substituting “subsection 230.3 (1)”.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Ministry

auditor

252.1

(1) The

Minister may appoint a ministry employee or any other person or entity to be a

Ministry auditor for the purposes of this section.

Duties

(2) A

Ministry auditor shall review documents of a board for the purpose of ensuring

compliance with this Act and its regulations and policies and shall perform the

other duties that are prescribed by the Minister under paragraph 30 of subsection

8 (1).

Rights

of auditor

(3) A

Ministry auditor may enter a building or premises used by a board at all

reasonable hours and has the right of access to all records of the board and is

entitled to require from the members and officers of the board any information

and explanation that in the auditor’s opinion may be necessary to enable the

auditor to carry out the auditor’s duties.

(1) Subsection 253 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

External

auditors

(1) Every

board shall appoint one or more external auditors for a term not exceeding five

years who shall be a person licensed under the Public Accounting Act, 2004 .

(2) Subsection

253 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “as an auditor” and substituting “as

an external auditor”.

(3) Subsection

253 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “An auditor of a board” at the

beginning and substituting “An external auditor”.

(4) Subsection

253 (5) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Rights

of auditor

(5) An

external auditor has the right of access at all reasonable hours to all records

of the board and is entitled to require from the members and officers of the

board any information and explanation that in the auditor’s opinion may be

necessary to enable the auditor to carry out the auditor’s duties.

(5) Subsection

253 (6) of the Act is amended by striking out “$200” in the portion after

clause (

b) and substituting “$5000”.

(6) Subsection

253 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out “An auditor of a board” at the

beginning and substituting “An external auditor”.

(7) Subsection

253 (8) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Attendance

at meetings of board

(8) An

external auditor is entitled to attend any meeting of the board or of a

committee of the board and to receive all notices relating to that meeting that

a member is entitled to receive and to be heard at the meeting that the auditor

attends on any part of the business of the meeting that concerns the auditor as

auditor.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Internal

auditor

253.0.1

(1) Every

board shall employ one or more internal auditors or shall enter into an

agreement for obtaining the services of one or more internal auditors.

Duties

of auditor

(2) An

internal auditor shall perform the duties that are prescribed by the Minister

under paragraph 30 of subsection 8 (1) and any other duties that may be

required by the board that do not conflict with the duties prescribed by the

Minister.

Clause 257.29.1 (2) (

c) of the Act is amended by striking out “Division D or”.

Division C.1 of

Part IX of the Act is amended by adding the following sections:

Legislation

Act, 2006 ,

Part III

257.30

(1) Part III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006 does not apply to anything done

under any provision of this Division.

Non-application

of Statutory Powers Procedure Act

(2) The

Statutory Powers Procedure Act does not apply to

anything done under this Division.

Municipal

Affairs Act ,

Parts II and III

(3) Parts

II and III of the Municipal Affairs Act do not

apply in relation to boards.

Denominational,

linguistic and cultural issues

257.31

(1) Nothing in this Division

authorizes the Minister to interfere with or control,

(

a) the

denominational aspects of a Roman Catholic board;

(

b) the

denominational aspects of a Protestant separate school board; or

(

c) the

linguistic or cultural aspects of a French-language district school board.

Same

(2) The

powers under this Division shall be exercised in a manner that is consistent

with,

(

a) the

denominational aspects of a Roman Catholic board;

(

b) the

denominational aspects of a Protestant separate school board; or

(

c) the

linguistic or cultural aspects of a French-language district school board.

Division D of

Part IX of the Act is repealed.

The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “subsection

230.3 (2)” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “subsection 230.3 (1)”:

Section

230.6.

Section

230.10.

Section

230.11.

4. Subsection

230.12 (3).

Section

230.14.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Supporting

Children and Students Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 3

MINISTRY OF TRAINING, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACT

The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act

is amended by adding the following section:

Application

16.0.2

(1) Subject

to any exceptions set out in the regulations with respect to this section, this

section applies to every college of applied arts and technology and to every

publicly-assisted university with respect to every program of study offered at

the college or university.

Admissions,

merit-basis

(2) Every

college or university referred to in subsection (1) shall,

(

a) ensure

that when assessing applicants for the purposes of admission into a program of

study, assessment is based on the merit of the individual applicant; and

(

b) publish,

in a manner accessible to the public, the criteria and process to be used by

the college or university in assessing applicants for admission into each

program of study.

Regulations

(3) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations governing the criteria and

process to be used by every college or university referred to in subsection

(1) in assessing applicants for the purposes of admission into a program of study,

and without limiting the generality of this power, may make regulations,

(

a) specifying

criteria that must be or that may not be considered in assessing the merit of

an applicant;

(

b) specifying,

for the purposes of clause (2) (b), information that must be published and the

manner in which it must be published;

(

c) providing

for exceptions to subsection (2).

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Research

security plan

Application

20.1

(1) This

section applies to every college of applied arts and technology and to every

publicly-assisted university.

Development

and implementation of plan

(2) Every

college or university described in subsection (1) shall develop and implement a

research security plan to safeguard, and mitigate the risk of harm to or

interference with, its research activities.

Minister’s

directive

(3) The

Minister may, from time to time, in a directive issued to one or more colleges

or universities described in subsection (1),

(

a) specify

the date by which a college or university’s research security plan must be

developed and implemented under subsection (2);

(

b) specify

the date by which a plan must be provided to the Minister under subsection

(4) and any requirements relating to updating or revising a plan; and

(

c) specify

topics to be addressed or elements to be included in a plan and the date by

which they must be addressed.

Review

by Minister

(4) Every

college or university described in subsection (1) shall provide the Minister

with a copy of its research security plan and any other information or reports

requested by the Minister in respect of research security.

Legislation

Act, 2006

(5) Part

III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006 does

not apply to a directive issued under this section.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Regulations; fees

21.1

(1) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations governing any fees that a

college of applied arts and technology or publicly-assisted university charges

to students or requires students to pay.

Same

(2) The

fees referred to in subsection (1) include fees charged on behalf of, or for

the purposes of, another entity.

Same

(3) Without

limiting the generality of subsection (1), a regulation made under that

subsection may,

(

a) specify

which fees may or may not be charged to students or required of students to pay

by a college or university, including fees that students may only be charged or

required to pay if they are refundable at the student’s request;

(

b) require a college or university to publish

and make available to the public prescribed information about the fees referred

to in clause (

a) and prescribe the manner in which the information must be published

and made available to the public;

(

c) govern

the manner in which the fees referred to in clause (

a) are charged or refunded.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Conflict

(1) If

a provision in this Act or in a regulation made under this Act conflicts or is

inconsistent with any other Act or regulation, this Act or the regulation made

under it prevails to the extent of the conflict .

Same

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply to a regulation made under

section 18.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 4

OMBUDSMAN ACT

Subsection 1 (1) of the Ombudsman Act is amended by

adding the following definition:

“person

entitled to continued care and support” means a person with whom a children’s

aid society is required to enter into an agreement to provide care and support

under

section 124 of the Child, Youth and Family Services

Act, 2017 or who is a party to such an agreement; (“personne ayant droit

à des soins et à un soutien continus”)

Subsection 7.3 (4) of the Act is amended by adding “or a person entitled to

continued care and support” after “a child”.

Subsection 14 (1.1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(a.1) any

matter concerning a person entitled to continued care and support with respect

to an agreement under

section 124 of the Child, Youth and

Family Services Act, 2017 ;

(1) Subsection 14.0.1 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Obligations

of societies and licensees

(1) A

children’s aid society shall inform children and young persons and persons

entitled to continued care and support and a residential licensee shall inform

children and young persons of the existence of the Ombudsman, of the

Ombudsman’s functions under subsections 14 (1.1) and (1.3) and of how the

Ombudsman may be contacted, and the children’s aid society or residential

licensee shall do so using language that is suitable to the understanding of

the child, young person or person entitled to continued care and support in

question.

(2) Subsection

14.0.1 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “child in care” and

substituting “child or young person”.

(3) Subsection

14.0.1 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “children in care” and

substituting “children and young persons”.

(4) Section

14.0.1 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(3.1) If

a person entitled to continued care and support requests assistance from a

children’s aid society with contacting the Ombudsman, the children’s aid

society shall, without unreasonable delay, provide the person with the means to

contact the Ombudsman privately.

(5) Subsection

14.0.1 (5) of the Act is repealed.

Subsection 16 (1.1) of the Act is amended by adding “or by a person entitled to

continued care and support” after “young person”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Supporting

Children and Students Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

SCHEDULE 1

CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES ACT, 2017

The

Schedule makes the following amendments to the Child,

Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 :

1. Currently,

section 15.1 of the Act requires children’s aid societies and licensees whose

licence is issued under

Part IX (Residential Licensing) of the Act to provide

children and young persons with information about the Ombudsman that is set out

in subsection 14.0.1 (1) of the Ombudsman Act . This

section is re-enacted to provide for additional circumstances in which such

information must be provided, including to persons entering into an agreement

under

section 124 of the Act. The section, as re-enacted, also requires

children’s aid societies and licensees to use language that is suitable to the

understanding of the child, young person or person in question when providing

the information.

2. The

Act is amended to require children’s aid societies to review their by-laws,

update them in accordance with the results of the review and make them

available to the public. The specific requirements for the review and for

making by-laws available to the public are to be determined by regulations made

by the Minister.

3. A

new

section 41.1 of the Act requires children’s aid societies to obtain the

Minister’s approval to enter into an agreement with respect to a financial

transaction or to enter into a financial arrangement if the financial

transaction or arrangement is one that is deemed by the regulations made by the

Minister to impact on a society’s ability to operate within its approved budget

allocation.

4. The

definition of “institution” in

section 62 of the Act is amended to eliminate

the current exclusion of maternity homes from the scope of that definition.

SCHEDULE 2

EDUCATION ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Education Act ,

including the following:

1. The

Act currently includes provisions setting out specific situations when there

may be an investigation of a board’s affairs. Amendments provide that, instead,

an investigation may be directed if the Minister has concerns about a matter of

public interest. Matters of public interest include whether boards, board

members and directors of education are carrying out their duties under this Act

in an appropriate manner. Provisions are included that address the powers of

investigators and possible actions that may be taken after an investigation.

2. Amendments

provide that the Minister may give directions to the board to address a matter

of public interest if, in the Minister’s opinion, a board, board member or

director of education has done or omitted to do something, or is likely to do

or omit to do something, that could affect a matter of public interest. Control

and charge of a board may be vested in the Minister if a board does not comply

with a Minister’s direction, or in certain other circumstances. Currently, such

vesting orders must be made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

3. Currently

the Act requires boards to have external auditors and audit committees. The Act

is amended to also provide for Ministry auditors and internal auditors, and to

make related amendments.

4. The

Minister is given power to establish policies and guidelines respecting school

board expense policies.

5. A

requirement is added for boards to work with local police services to provide

them with access to school premises, permit them to participate in school

programs and implement school resource officer programs.

6. A

new

section requires boards to apply to the Minister for approval of the name

of a new school or to change the name of an existing school. Provisions are

included respecting the approval process and what the board may do upon

approval or rejection of a name.

7. Related

regulation-making powers are included.

SCHEDULE 3

MINISTRY OF TRAINING, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACT

The

Schedule amends the Ministry of Training, Colleges and

Universities Act .

New

section 16.0.2 requires colleges of applied arts and technology and

publicly-assisted universities to assess applicants based on merit and to

publish the criteria and process to be used for assessment into programs of

study. The Lieutenant Governor in Council is given authority to make related

regulations.

New

section 20.1 requires colleges of applied arts and technology and

publicly-assisted universities to develop and implement research security

plans.

New

section 21.1 authorizes regulations to be made by the Lieutenant Governor in

Council governing fees that colleges of applied arts and technology or

publicly-assisted universities may charge to students or require students to

pay.

New

section 24 provides that in the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the

Act or a regulation made under the Act, other than a regulation made under

section 18 of the Act, with any other Act or regulation, the Act or the regulation

made under it prevails.

SCHEDULE 4

OMBUDSMAN ACT

The

Schedule amends the Ombudsman Act to expand the

Ombudsman’s functions in relation to services provided under the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 . Complementary

amendments are made to various provisions of the Act.

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Act to amend various Acts in relation to child, youth and family services,

education, and colleges and universities

CONTENTS

Contents

of this Act

Commencement

Short

title

Schedule 1

Child,

Youth and Family Services Act, 2017

Schedule 2

Education

Act

Schedule 3

Ministry

of Training, Colleges and Universities Act

Schedule 4

Ombudsman

Act

His

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Contents

of this Act

1 This Act consists of this section, sections 2 and 3 and

the Schedules to this Act.

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this

section, this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

(2) The

Schedules to this Act come into force as provided in each Schedule.

(3) If

a

Schedule to this Act provides that any of its provisions are to come into

force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, an

order may apply to one or more of those provisions, and orders may be issued at

different times with respect to any of those provisions.

Short

title

3 The

short title of this Act is the Supporting

Children and Students Act, 2025 .

SCHEDULE 1

CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES ACT, 2017

Section 15.1 of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act,

2017 is repealed and the following substituted:

Provision

of information re Ombudsman

Societies

and residential licensees

15.1

(1) A

society or a licensee whose licence is issued under

Part IX shall provide the

information described in subsection 14.0.1 (1) of the Ombudsman

Act to a child or young person when,

(

a) the

society or licensee begins to provide a service to the child or young person;

(

b) the

child or young person makes a complaint under clause 18 (1) (

a) or (

b) or when the

child or young person requests a further review of the complaint under

subsection 19 (1) once the review by the society or licensee is completed.

Societies

(2) A

society shall provide the information described in subsection 14.0.1 (1) of the

Ombudsman Act to,

(

a) a

child when,

(

i) the

child requests that the society support them through a written agreement for

services and supports under subsection 77 (1),

(ii) the

child enters into an agreement made under subsection 77 (1) or renews such an

agreement under subsection 77 (2),

(iii) the

society who is a party to an agreement under subsection 77 (1) with the child

issues a written notice to terminate the agreement under subsection 77 (4) or

the child issues such a notice to the society, or

(iv) the

society provides information to the child about entering into an agreement

referred to in

section 124;

(

b) a

person when the society provides information to the person about entering into

an agreement referred to in

section 124;

(

c) a

person when the person enters into an agreement referred to in

section 124; or

(

d) a

person who is a party to an agreement under

section 124 when,

(

i) the

society renews the agreement, or

(ii) the

person provides the society with a written notice to terminate the agreement.

Other

circumstances

(3) In

addition to when required by subsections (1) and (2), societies and licensees

whose licence is issued under

Part IX shall provide children, young persons or

other persons for whom the Ombudsman’s functions under subsection 14 (1.1) of the

Ombudsman Act may be relevant the information

described in subsection 14.0.1 (1) of that Act when, in the opinion of the

society or licensee, it is necessary to ensure that the child, young person or

other person understands that information and when otherwise required by the

regulations.

Suitable

language

(4) When

providing the information in accordance with this section, societies and

licensees whose licence is issued under

Part IX shall use language that is

suitable to the understanding of the child, young person or person in question.

Section 36 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Review

and posting of by-laws

(4) Subject

to the regulations, a society shall,

(

a) review

its by-laws, as required by and in accordance with the regulations, and update

them in accordance with the results of the review; and

(

b) make

its by-laws available to the public as required by and in accordance with the

regulations.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Limit

on certain financial transactions and arrangements

41.1 Subject to the

regulations, a society shall not, without the Minister’s approval, enter into an

agreement with respect to a financial transaction or enter into a financial

arrangement if the financial transaction or financial arrangement is one that

is deemed by the regulations to impact on a society’s ability to operate within

its approved budget allocation.

Clause (

a) of the definition of “institution” in

section 62 of the Act is

amended by striking out “a children’s residence, other than a maternity home,

operated by the Minister” at the beginning and substituting “a children’s

residence operated by the Minister”.

(1) Subsection 341 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following

paragraph:

5.1 governing,

for the purposes of subsection 36 (4), reviews by societies of their by-laws

and the manner in which and times at which societies are to make their by-laws

available to the public, including regulations,

i. exempting

specified societies from the application of that subsection or either of

clauses 36 (4) (

a) or (b),

ii. governing

the timing of reviews required by that subsection,

iii. setting

out requirements that must be met by societies when conducting a review of

their by-laws, including requirements that societies take into account

specified considerations;

(2) Subsection

341 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

7.1 providing

for exemptions from

section 41.1 and prescribing financial transactions or

financial arrangements that are deemed to impact on a society’s ability to

operate within its approved budget allocation for the purposes of that section;

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this

Schedule

comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor in

Council.

(2) Sections

1 and 4 come into force on the day the Supporting Children and Students Act,

2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 2

EDUCATION ACT

1 Subsection 1 (1) of the Education

Act is amended by adding the following

definitions:

“external

auditor” means a person appointed as an external auditor under subsection 253

(1); (“vérificateur externe”)

“internal

auditor” means a person employed or serving as an internal auditor under

subsection 253.0.1 (1); (“vérificateur interne”)

“Ministry

auditor” means a person appointed as a Ministry auditor under subsection 252.1

(1); (“vérificateur du ministère”)

(1) Subsection 8 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following

paragraph:

policies

and guidelines: school board expense policies

3.7 establish

and require boards to comply with policies and guidelines governing board

expense policies, including policies and guidelines that,

i. specify

key principles and other content that must be included in board expense

policies, and

ii. set

out requirements relating to discretionary spending;

(2) Paragraph

30 of subsection 8 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

auditors

30. prescribe

the duties to be performed by Ministry auditors, external auditors and internal

auditors;

Subsections 11.1 (2) to (5) of the Act are repealed.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Work

with local police services

170.0.2

(1) Every

board shall work with its local police services to, in the prescribed

circumstances,

(

a) provide

the local police services with access to school premises;

(

b) permit

the local police services to participate in school programs; and

(

c) implement

school resource officer programs, where such programs are available.

Same

(2) A

board shall perform its duties under subsection (1) in accordance with any regulations

and any policies or guidelines established under subsection 301 (7).

Regulations

(3) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(

a) governing

the manner in which boards shall work with local police services;

(

b) prescribing

the circumstances in which boards shall provide local police services with

access to school premises or permit local police services to participate in

school programs, and governing such access and participation;

(

c) prescribing

the circumstances in which boards shall implement school resource officer

programs, and governing such programs, including respecting their development

and implementation, participation in the programs and review of the programs.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

School

names

Application

for approval

(1) Before

a board may name a new school or change the name of an existing school, the

board shall apply to the Minister, in the form required by the Minister, for

approval of the name.

Approval

of current names

(2) If

a board began using a new school name on or after January 1, 2025 but before

the day

section 5 of

Schedule 2 to the Supporting Children

and Students Act, 2025 came into force, the Minister may require the

board to apply for approval of the name.

Decision

of Minister

(3) After reviewing an application

made under subsection (1) or (2), the Minister shall,

(

a) approve

the name, with or without conditions; or

(

b) reject

the name.

Time

for response

(4) If

a time period is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection and the

Minister does not respond within that time period, the name is deemed to be

approved.

Use

of name

(5) If

the name is approved, the board may use the name after any conditions attached

to the approval are satisfied.

Rejected

name

(6) If

the name is rejected,

(

a) the

board shall not use the rejected name and,

(

i) if

the rejected name is the school’s current name, shall immediately start using

the school’s previous name,

(ii) if

the rejected name is not the school’s current name, shall continue to use the

current name, and

(iii) if

the school does not currently have a name, shall create a temporary name for

the school based on its address, as needed; and

(

b) the

board may reapply under subsection (1) in respect of a different name but shall

comply with clause (

a) until a new name, if any, is approved.

Regulations

(7) The

Minister may make regulations prescribing a time period for the purposes of

subsection (4).

Policies

and guidelines

(8) The

Minister may establish policies and guidelines and issue directions relating to

processes for naming schools and require boards to comply with the policies,

guidelines or directions.

Sections 230 to 230.3 of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Matters

of public interest

(1) For the purposes of this Part, the following

are matters of public interest:

1. Whether

boards, board members and directors of education are carrying out their duties

under this Act in an appropriate manner.

2. Any

other matter that may be prescribed.

Same

(2) For

greater certainty, and without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the

duties referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) include duties that relate

to,

(

a) the

delivery of education programs;

(

b) student

achievement and well-being;

(

c) the

financial affairs of a board and its use of resources;

(

d) the

construction, maintenance, management, acquisition and disposition of capital

assets;

(

e) board

governance;

(

f) the

day-to-day management of a board; and

(

g) the

engagement of parents and other entities that may have an interest in the

activities of a board.

Regulations

(3) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of

paragraph 2 of subsection (1).

Investigation,

board affairs

230.1

(1) The Minister may direct an

investigation of a board’s affairs if the Minister has concerns about a matter

of public interest.

Appointment

of investigator

(2) Where the Minister directs an investigation

under subsection (1), the Minister may appoint as an investigator an employee

in the Ministry or any other person or entity.

Powers

of investigator

(3) An

investigator may,

(

a) require

the production of any records that may in any way relate to the investigation;

(

b) examine

and copy any records required under clause (a); and

(

c) require

any officer of a board or any other person to appear before the investigator and

give evidence, on oath or affirmation, relating to the investigation.

Application

of Public Inquiries Act, 2009

(4) Section

33 of the Public Inquiries Act, 2009 applies to an

investigation.

Report

of investigator

(5) On

completion of an investigation, an investigator shall report in writing to the

Minister.

Copy

of report

(6) If

the Minister takes any action under this Act to address the findings of the

report, including any action described in

section 230.2 or 230.3, the Minister

shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of the board before or at

the time the Minister takes the action.

Minister directions

230.2

(1) If in the opinion of

the Minister, a board, board member or director of education has done or

omitted to do something, or is likely to do or omit to do something, that could

affect a matter of public interest, the Minister

may give any directions to a board that the Minister considers advisable to address the matter.

Same

(2) For

the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister may direct a board to do one or

more of the following:

1. To

do anything, or refrain from doing anything, to address the matter of public

interest, within the time period specified in the direction.

2. To

prepare, submit and implement, within the time period specified in the

direction, a plan for addressing the matter of public interest.

Compliance

required

(3) A

board that is given direction under this

section shall comply with the

direction within the time specified in it.

Public

availability

(4) The

Minister may make directions under this

section available to the public.

Vesting order

230.3

(1) Subject

to subsection (2), the Minister may make any order that the Minister considers

necessary or advisable to vest in the Minister control and charge over the

administration of the affairs of a board in any of the following circumstances:

1. The

board has failed to comply with a direction given under

section 230.2 within

the time specified in it.

2. In

the opinion of the Minister, a board, board member or director of education has

done or omitted to do something, or is likely to do or omit to do something, that

could affect a matter of public interest.

3. Any

other circumstance that may be prescribed.

Same

(2) The

Minister may make an order in the circumstances described in paragraph 2 of subsection

(1) if,

(

a) an

audit or investigation has taken place under this Act in relation to the matter

of public interest and the Minister has received a report on the matter; or

(

b) the

Minister has notified the board of the Minister’s intention to issue an order

under subsection (1) and provided the board with the Minister’s reasons, and

has given the board no less than 14 days to respond.

Order

to be given to board

(3) The

order shall be promptly given to the secretary of the board.

Provisional action

(4) Despite

subsection (2), the Minister may provisionally exercise the power to make an

order set out in subsection (1) where, in the Minister’s opinion, it is

necessary to do so to avert an immediate threat to a matter of public interest.

Notice

(5) The

Minister shall give written notice of the provisional exercise of the power and

reasons for it to the board.

Regulations

(6) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of

paragraph 3 of subsection (1).

(1) Subsection

230.4 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out the portion before clause (

a) and clause (

a) and substituting the following:

Notice

of vesting order

(1) Where

a board is subject to an order under subsection 230.3 (1),

(

a) the

Minister shall publish notice of the order in The Ontario Gazette ; and

(2) Subsection

230.4 (5) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Effect

of order

(5) Subsection

(2) does not apply in relation to a board that is subject to an order under

subsection 230.3 (1) after the Minister makes an order of a type described in

clause 230.5.1 (2) (

b) or (

i) with respect to the board.

Section 230.5 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Control

exercisable by Minister

230.5

(1) Where the Minister has made an

order under subsection 230.3 (1) in respect of a board, the Minister has

control and charge over the board generally with respect to any matter in any

way affecting the board’s affairs.

Same

(2) Without

limiting the generality of subsection (1), where the Minister has made an order

under subsection 230.3 (1) in respect of a board, the Minister has control and

charge over the exercise and performance by the board of its powers, duties and

obligations with respect to all matters, including but not limited to matters respecting,

(

a) the

appointment and dismissal of the board’s officers and employees and their

powers, duties, salaries and remuneration;

(

b) the

board’s revenues and expenditures;

(

c) the

board’s sinking funds, retirement funds and the funds prescribed under clause

247 (3) (

e) and the money belonging to those funds;

(

d) the

board’s accounting and audit systems and dealings with the board’s assets,

liabilities, revenues and expenditures;

(

e) the

yearly or other estimates of the board, financial statements of the board and

other reports of the board required by the Minister as well as the form,

preparation and completion of them, and the times when they shall be made;

(

f) the

amounts to be provided for in the yearly or other estimates;

(

g) the

borrowing of money for the current expenditures of the board until the current

revenue has been received;

(

h) the

imposition, charging and collection of all fees, charges and expenses; and

(

i) the

sale or other disposition of any of the board’s assets.

Powers

of Minister re debt

230.5.1

(1) In this

section,

“indebtedness”

includes,

(

a) any

instrument prescribed under clause 247 (3) (f), debentures issued under a

repealed provision or other debt of the board, and

(

b) any

interest on any indebtedness of the board.

Same

(2) Where

a board is subject to an order under subsection 230.3

(1) , the Minister, with respect to the board’s indebtedness, has the power

by order to authorize or direct,

(

a) the

consolidation of all or any part of the board’s indebtedness;

(

b) the

Minister may approve, of instruments prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) or

other evidences of indebtedness, in substitution and exchange for any

debentures or such debt instruments that are outstanding or in payment and

satisfaction of all or any part of any other indebtedness, and compulsory

acceptance of those instruments or other evidences of indebtedness in payment

and satisfaction of the instruments that are outstanding or other indebtedness;

(

c) the

issue of new instruments prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) to cover any

consolidation under clause (

a) or (b);

(

d) the

retirement and cancellation of all or any part of the existing debenture debt

and debt incurred by any instrument prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) and

debt instruments prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) that are outstanding, on

the issue of new debt instruments prescribed by clause 247 (3) (

f) to cover

them or in exchange for them;

(

e) the

terms, conditions, places and times for exchange of new instruments prescribed

under clause 247 (3) (

f) for debt instruments that are outstanding;

(

f) the

variation of the basis, terms, times and places of payment of all or any part

of the board’s indebtedness;

(

g) the

creation and setting aside of sinking funds, retirement funds and funds

prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

e) and the restriction of money out of any

portion of the revenues of the board for meeting obligations relating to all or

any part of the board’s indebtedness;

(

h) the

custody, management, investment and application of sinking funds, retirement

funds, funds prescribed under clause 247 (3) (e), deferred revenues and

surpluses;

(

i) the

ratification and confirmation of any agreement, arrangement or compromise

entered into with any of the board’s creditors respecting all or any part of

the board’s indebtedness;

(

j) any

amendment or cancellation of any order made by the Minister under this

section

or of the terms of any agreement, arrangement or compromise ratified and

confirmed by the Minister under clause (i); and

(

k) the

implementation of an interim plan, pending a final plan, or of a final plan,

which may cancel all or any portion of interest in arrears and may alter,

modify or compromise the rights of debenture holders, holders of instruments

prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) or other creditors during any period of

time between the relevant date of default and the end of the fifth year

following the date on which the final plan was ordered implemented by the

Minister.

Limitation

(3) The

Minister shall not make any order under clause (2) (

k) unless creditors,

representing not less than two-thirds in amount of the aggregate of the

indebtedness of the board, excluding indebtedness in respect of which the board

is not directly but only contingently or collaterally liable, have filed in

writing with the Minister their approval of the making of the order.

Publication

of notice of intention to exercise powers

(4) Where

the Minister intends to exercise a power under subsection (2), the Minister

shall first give notice of the intention in The Ontario

Gazette and by any other publication and to the persons and in the

manner that the Minister considers proper.

Same

(5) The

notice shall state the date after which the matter is to be dealt with by the

Minister.

Same

(6) The

time stated under subsection (5) shall be at least two months after the notice

is published in The Ontario Gazette .

Incidental

matters

(7) Subsection

(4) does not apply with respect to any matter that, in the opinion of the

Minister, is merely incidental to the exercise of a power under subsection (2).

Objection

to be filed with Minister

(8) The

Minister shall not make any order under subsection (2) if an objection in

writing to the making of the order is filed with the Minister by creditors

representing not less than one-third in amount of the aggregate of the

indebtedness of the board, excluding indebtedness in respect of which the board

is not directly but only contingently or collaterally liable.

Approval

by creditors

(9) If

creditors, representing not less than two-thirds in amount of the aggregate of

the indebtedness of the board, excluding indebtedness in respect of which the

board is not directly but only contingently or collaterally liable, have filed

in writing with the Minister their approval of the making of any order of the

Minister under subsection (1), it is not necessary that two months referred to

in subsection (6) elapse.

Notice

when matter to be varied

(10) When

a matter is being dealt with by the Minister under this

section and the

Minister intends to vary the terms of any indebtedness, the Minister shall

first give notice of the intention to the persons and in the manner that the

Minister considers proper.

Same

(11) The

notice shall state the date after which the variation is to be dealt with by

the Minister.

Same

(12) The

time stated under subsection (11) shall be at least two weeks after the notice.

Certain

debenture and other debt not to form part of debt after order of Minister

230.5.2 After an order of the

Minister has been made under

section 230.5.1, no portion of the debenture debt

of the board represented by debentures or debt incurred by any instrument

prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) ordered to be cancelled, retired or

exchanged forms part of its debt within the meaning of a provision of this or

any other Act limiting the board’s borrowing powers.

Variation

or cancellation of subsisting agreements

230.5.3 Where a board is subject to an order under

subsection 230.3 (1), the board may, with the approval of the Minister,

enter into an agreement with any person with whom the board has previously

entered into an agreement or obligation that, or some term or obligation of

which, remains in whole or in part or in any manner to be carried out by the

board, for the amendment or cancellation of the subsisting agreement or

obligation.

Minister

to approve instrument issues

230.5.4

(1) Without the approval of the

Minister first being obtained, a board that is subject to an order under

subsection 230.3 (1) shall not, under this or any other Act, exercise or be

required to exercise any of its powers if that exercise will or may require

money to be provided by the issue of instruments prescribed under clause 247

(3) (

f) of the board.

Approval

of instrument by-laws

(2) Where

a board is subject to an order under subsection 230.3 (1), the board may, with

the approval of the Minister, pass by-laws providing for the issue of

instruments prescribed under clause 247 (3) (

f) or authorizing the sale of such

instruments or the offering of such instruments as security, but no such by-law

has any force and effect until approved by the Minister.

Minister

to have control over money and its application

230.5.5

(1) Where a board is subject to an

order under subsection 230.3 (1), the Minister has full charge and control over

all money belonging to the board and received by any person for or on its

behalf and the money shall be deposited in one of the following institutions,

to be designated by the board or, in the absence of designation by the board,

by the Minister:

1. A

bank listed in

Schedule I or II to the Bank Act (Canada).

2. A

loan or trust corporation registered under the Loan and Trust

Corporations Act .

3. A

credit union as defined in the Credit Unions and Caisses

Populaires Act, 2020 .

Same

(2) When

money is deposited as required by subsection (1), it shall only be applied for

the purposes, in the manner and at the times that the Minister may approve.

Same

(3) All

cheques drawn and issued by the board shall be signed and countersigned by the

persons and in the manner that the Minister may authorize.

Same

(4) No

money belonging to or revenues of the board may be applied by any person except

with the approval of or otherwise than as directed by the Minister.

(1) Subsection 230.7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “and

subsection 230.17 (3)”.

(2) Subsections

230.7 (3) and (4) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Exclusive

jurisdiction

(3) The

Minister has exclusive jurisdiction as to the making of an order under

subsection 230.3 (1), and that jurisdiction is not open to question or review

in any proceeding or by any court.

Review

of orders, etc.

(4) The

Minister may at any time review any order made by the Minister under subsection

230.3 (1) and confirm, amend or revoke it.

Section 230.17 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Revocation

of order

230.17 The Minister shall revoke an order made under

subsection 230.3 (1) if the Minister is of the opinion that the affairs of the

board no longer need to be administered under this Part.

Part VIII of the Act is amended by adding the following section:

Transition

230.19.1

(1) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting transitional

matters related to the implementation of amendments made by

Schedule 2 of the Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025 .

Conflict

with transitional regulations

(2) In

the event of a conflict, a regulation made under subsection (1) prevails over

provisions of

an Act or regulation that are administered by the Minister.

Subsection 231 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “subsection 230.3

(2) or 257.31 (2) or (3)” and substituting “subsection 230.3 (1)”.

Clause 232 (4) (

d) of the Act is amended by striking out “subsection 230.3

(2) or 257.31 (2) or (3)” and substituting “subsection 230.3 (1)”.

Clause 243 (5) (

b) of the Act is amended by striking out “subsection 230.3

(2) or 257.31 (2) or (3)” and substituting “subsection 230.3 (1)”.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Ministry

auditor

252.1

(1) The

Minister may appoint a ministry employee or any other person or entity to be a

Ministry auditor for the purposes of this section.

Duties

(2) A

Ministry auditor shall review documents of a board for the purpose of ensuring

compliance with this Act and its regulations and policies and shall perform the

other duties that are prescribed by the Minister under paragraph 30 of subsection

8 (1).

Rights

of auditor

(3) A

Ministry auditor may enter a building or premises used by a board at all

reasonable hours and has the right of access to all records of the board and is

entitled to require from the members and officers of the board any information

and explanation that in the auditor’s opinion may be necessary to enable the

auditor to carry out the auditor’s duties.

(1) Subsection 253 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

External

auditors

(1) Every

board shall appoint one or more external auditors for a term not exceeding five

years who shall be a person licensed under the Public Accounting Act, 2004 .

(2) Subsection

253 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “as an auditor” and substituting “as

an external auditor”.

(3) Subsection

253 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “An auditor of a board” at the

beginning and substituting “An external auditor”.

(4) Subsection

253 (5) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Rights

of auditor

(5) An

external auditor has the right of access at all reasonable hours to all records

of the board and is entitled to require from the members and officers of the

board any information and explanation that in the auditor’s opinion may be

necessary to enable the auditor to carry out the auditor’s duties.

(5) Subsection

253 (6) of the Act is amended by striking out “$200” in the portion after

clause (

b) and substituting “$5000”.

(6) Subsection

253 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out “An auditor of a board” at the

beginning and substituting “An external auditor”.

(7) Subsection

253 (8) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Attendance

at meetings of board

(8) An

external auditor is entitled to attend any meeting of the board or of a

committee of the board and to receive all notices relating to that meeting that

a member is entitled to receive and to be heard at the meeting that the auditor

attends on any part of the business of the meeting that concerns the auditor as

auditor.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Internal

auditor

253.0.1

(1) Every

board shall employ one or more internal auditors or shall enter into an

agreement for obtaining the services of one or more internal auditors.

Duties

of auditor

(2) An

internal auditor shall perform the duties that are prescribed by the Minister

under paragraph 30 of subsection 8 (1) and any other duties that may be

required by the board that do not conflict with the duties prescribed by the Minister.

Clause 257.29.1 (2) (

c) of the Act is amended by striking out “Division D or”.

Division C.1 of

Part IX of the Act is amended by adding the following sections:

Legislation

Act, 2006 ,

Part III

257.30

(1) Part III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006 does not apply to anything done

under any provision of this Division.

Non-application

of Statutory Powers Procedure Act

(2) The

Statutory Powers Procedure Act does not apply to

anything done under this Division.

Municipal

Affairs Act ,

Parts II and III

(3) Parts

II and III of the Municipal Affairs Act do not

apply in relation to boards.

Denominational,

linguistic and cultural issues

257.31

(1) Nothing in this Division

authorizes the Minister to interfere with or control,

(

a) the

denominational aspects of a Roman Catholic board;

(

b) the

denominational aspects of a Protestant separate school board; or

(

c) the

linguistic or cultural aspects of a French-language district school board.

Same

(2) The

powers under this Division shall be exercised in a manner that is consistent

with,

(

a) the

denominational aspects of a Roman Catholic board;

(

b) the

denominational aspects of a Protestant separate school board; or

(

c) the

linguistic or cultural aspects of a French-language district school board.

Division D of

Part IX of the Act is repealed.

The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “subsection

230.3 (2)” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “subsection 230.3 (1)”:

Section

230.6.

Section

230.10.

Section

230.11.

4. Subsection

230.12 (3).

Section

230.14.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Supporting

Children and Students Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 3

MINISTRY OF TRAINING, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACT

The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act

is amended by adding the following section:

Application

16.0.2

(1) Subject

to any exceptions set out in the regulations with respect to this section, this

section applies to every college of applied arts and technology and to every

publicly-assisted university with respect to every program of study offered at

the college or university.

Admissions,

merit-basis

(2) Every

college or university referred to in subsection (1) shall,

(

a) ensure

that when assessing applicants for the purposes of admission into a program of

study, assessment is based on the merit of the individual applicant; and

(

b) publish,

in a manner accessible to the public, the criteria and process to be used by

the college or university in assessing applicants for admission into each

program of study.

Regulations

(3) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations governing the criteria and

process to be used by every college or university referred to in subsection

(1) in assessing applicants for the purposes of admission into a program of study,

and without limiting the generality of this power, may make regulations,

(

a) specifying

criteria that must be or that may not be considered in assessing the merit of

an applicant;

(

b) specifying,

for the purposes of clause (2) (b), information that must be published and the

manner in which it must be published;

(

c) providing

for exceptions to subsection (2).

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Research

security plan

Application

20.1

(1) This

section applies to every college of applied arts and technology and to every

publicly-assisted university.

Development

and implementation of plan

(2) Every

college or university described in subsection (1) shall develop and implement a

research security plan to safeguard, and mitigate the risk of harm to or

interference with, its research activities.

Minister’s

directive

(3) The

Minister may, from time to time, in a directive issued to one or more colleges

or universities described in subsection (1),

(

a) specify

the date by which a college or university’s research security plan must be

developed and implemented under subsection (2);

(

b) specify

the date by which a plan must be provided to the Minister under subsection

(4) and any requirements relating to updating or revising a plan; and

(

c) specify

topics to be addressed or elements to be included in a plan and the date by

which they must be addressed.

Review

by Minister

(4) Every

college or university described in subsection (1) shall provide the Minister

with a copy of its research security plan and any other information or reports

requested by the Minister in respect of research security.

Legislation

Act, 2006

(5) Part

III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006 does

not apply to a directive issued under this section.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Regulations; fees

21.1

(1) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations governing any fees that a

college of applied arts and technology or publicly-assisted university charges

to students or requires students to pay.

Same

(2) The

fees referred to in subsection (1) include fees charged on behalf of, or for

the purposes of, another entity.

Same

(3) Without

limiting the generality of subsection (1), a regulation made under that

subsection may,

(

a) specify

which fees may or may not be charged to students or required of students to pay

by a college or university, including fees that students may only be charged or

required to pay if they are refundable at the student’s request;

(

b) require a college or university to publish

and make available to the public prescribed information about the fees referred

to in clause (

a) and prescribe the manner in which the information must be published

and made available to the public;

(

c) govern

the manner in which the fees referred to in clause (

a) are charged or refunded.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Conflict

(1) If

a provision in this Act or in a regulation made under this Act conflicts or is

inconsistent with any other Act or regulation, this Act or the regulation made

under it prevails to the extent of the conflict .

Same

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply to a regulation made under

section 18.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 4

OMBUDSMAN ACT

Subsection 1 (1) of the Ombudsman Act is amended by

adding the following definition:

“person

entitled to continued care and support” means a person with whom a children’s

aid society is required to enter into an agreement to provide care and support

under

section 124 of the Child, Youth and Family Services

Act, 2017 or who is a party to such an agreement; (“personne ayant droit

à des soins et à un soutien continus”)

Subsection 7.3 (4) of the Act is amended by adding “or a person entitled to

continued care and support” after “a child”.

Subsection 14 (1.1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(a.1) any

matter concerning a person entitled to continued care and support with respect

to an agreement under

section 124 of the Child, Youth and

Family Services Act, 2017 ;

(1) Subsection 14.0.1 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Obligations

of societies and licensees

(1) A

children’s aid society shall inform children and young persons and persons

entitled to continued care and support and a residential licensee shall inform

children and young persons of the existence of the Ombudsman, of the

Ombudsman’s functions under subsections 14 (1.1) and (1.3) and of how the

Ombudsman may be contacted, and the children’s aid society or residential

licensee shall do so using language that is suitable to the understanding of

the child, young person or person entitled to continued care and support in

question.

(2) Subsection

14.0.1 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “child in care” and

substituting “child or young person”.

(3) Subsection

14.0.1 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “children in care” and

substituting “children and young persons”.

(4) Section

14.0.1 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(3.1) If

a person entitled to continued care and support requests assistance from a

children’s aid society with contacting the Ombudsman, the children’s aid

society shall, without unreasonable delay, provide the person with the means to

contact the Ombudsman privately.

(5) Subsection

14.0.1 (5) of the Act is repealed.

Subsection 16 (1.1) of the Act is amended by adding “or by a person entitled to

continued care and support” after “young person”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Supporting

Children and Students Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

November 20, 2025

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

November 19, 2025

Third Reading

Vote

Carried on division

November 18, 2025

Third Reading

Question put

Vote deferred

November 18, 2025

Third Reading

Debated

November 17, 2025

Second Reading

Ordered for Third Reading pursuant to the Order of the House

November 17, 2025

Second Reading

Vote

Carried on division

November 17, 2025

Second Reading

Question put

Vote deferred

November 6, 2025

Second Reading

Time allocated

October 29, 2025

Second Reading

Debated

October 29, 2025

Second Reading

Debated

Debate adjourned

October 28, 2025

Second Reading

Debated

Debate adjourned

October 28, 2025

Second Reading

Debated

Debate adjourned

October 27, 2025

Second Reading

Debated

Debate adjourned

June 5, 2025

Second Reading

Debated

Debate adjourned

May 29, 2025

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

May 29, 2025

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

May 29, 2025

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading

Second Reading

June 5, 2025

Principal Debaters

Calandra, Hon. Paul

Markham—Stouffville

Dixon, Jess

Kitchener South—Hespeler

Pang, Billy

Markham—Unionville

Parsa, Hon. Michael

Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill

Pasma, Chandra

Ottawa West—Nepean

Quinn, Hon. Nolan

Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Questions and Responses

Collard, Lucille

Ottawa—Vanier

Hamid, Hon. Zee

Milton

October 27, 2025

Principal Debaters

Collard, Lucille

Ottawa—Vanier

Pasma, Chandra

Ottawa West—Nepean

Sattler, Peggy

London West

Questions and Responses

Bell, Jessica

University—Rosedale

Pang, Billy

Markham—Unionville

Rosenberg, Bill

Algoma—Manitoulin

Smyth, Stephanie

Toronto—St. Paul's

October 28, 2025

Principal Debaters

Anand, Deepak

Mississauga—Malton

Armstrong, Teresa

London—Fanshawe

Collard, Lucille

Ottawa—Vanier

Fairclough, Lee

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Fraser, John

Ottawa South

French, Jennifer

Oshawa

Questions and Responses

Coe, Lorne

Whitby

Glover, Chris

Spadina—Fort York

McMahon, Mary-Margaret

Beaches—East York

Pasma, Chandra

Ottawa West—Nepean

Rakocevic, Tom

Humber River—Black Creek

Vaugeois, Lise

Thunder Bay—Superior North

Vickers, Paul

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Watt, Tyler

Nepean

West, Jamie

Sudbury

October 28, 2025

Debated

October 29, 2025

Debated

October 29, 2025

Principal Debaters

Cerjanec, Rob

Ajax

Gretzky, Lisa

Windsor West

Kernaghan, Terence

London North Centre

Pierre, Natalie

Burlington

Schreiner, Mike

Guelph

Questions and Responses

Blais, Stephen

Orléans

Brady, Bobbi Ann

Haldimand—Norfolk

Calandra, Hon. Paul

Markham—Stouffville

Dowie, Andrew

Windsor—Tecumseh

Fairclough, Lee

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Fife, Catherine

Waterloo

Gilmour, Alexa

Parkdale—High Park

Glover, Chris

Spadina—Fort York

Shaw, Sandy

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Vaugeois, Lise

Thunder Bay—Superior North

November 6, 2025

Time allocated

November 17, 2025

Question put

November 17, 2025

Carried on division

Ordered for Third Reading pursuant to the Order of the House

Third Reading

November 18, 2025

Principal Debaters

Bell, Jessica

University—Rosedale

Cho, Hon. Stan

Willowdale

Clancy, Aislinn

Kitchener Centre

Coe, Lorne

Whitby

Collard, Lucille

Ottawa—Vanier

Fraser, John

Ottawa South

Gélinas, France

Nickel Belt

Pasma, Chandra

Ottawa West—Nepean

Pierre, Natalie

Burlington

Rakocevic, Tom

Humber River—Black Creek

Stiles, Marit

Davenport

Triantafilopoulos, Effie J.

Oakville North—Burlington

Vaugeois, Lise

Thunder Bay—Superior North

Watt, Tyler

Nepean

Question put

November 19, 2025

Carried on division

Royal Assent

November 20, 2025

Royal Assent received