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Bill 22, Poet Laureate of Ontario Amendment Act (French-language Poet Laureate of Ontario), 2022

Collard, Lucille

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Poet Laureate of Ontario Act (In Memory of Gord Downie),

Ontario and a French-language Poet Laureate of Ontario. Amendments are made to

the Act to reflect there being two Poet Laureates of Ontario. The Act is also

amended to require that at least two members of the selection panel for a

French-language Poet Laureate of Ontario be capable of evaluating the original

French-language works of the candidates for the position.

Bill 22 2022

Act to amend the Poet Laureate of Ontario Act (In Memory of Gord Downie), 2019

with respect to the establishment of a French-language Poet Laureate

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) Subsection 1 (1) of the Poet Laureate of

Ontario Act (In Memory of Gord Downie), 2019 is repealed and the

following substituted:

Poet

Laureates of Ontario established

(1) There

both of whom are officers of the Assembly.

(2) Subsection

1 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “a Poet Laureate” and substituting

“the Poet Laureates”.

(3) Subsection

1 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out the portion before paragraph 1 and

substituting the following:

Qualifications

(3) In

order to be appointed a Poet Laureate of Ontario, an individual shall satisfy

the following requirements:

. . . .

(4) Paragraph

2 of subsection 1 (3) of the Act is amended by adding “and the volume of poetry

or a large portion of the body of work, as the case may be, must have been

Poet Laureate of Ontario or French for the French-language Poet Laureate of

Ontario” at the end.

(5) Subsection

1 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “The Poet Laureate” at the

beginning and substituting “A Poet Laureate”.

(6) Subsection

1 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out “the Poet Laureate” and

substituting “a Poet Laureate”.

(1) Section 2 of the Act is amended by striking out “the Poet

Laureate” in the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “a Poet Laureate”.

(2) Subclause

2 (a) (iv) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(iv) the

current Poet Laureate of Ontario, if any, whose successor is to be selected by

the committee; or

(3) Section

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

Selection

of French-language Poet Laureate

(2) At

least two members of a selection panel referred to in clause 2 (1) (

a) that is

responsible for selecting a French-language Poet Laureate of Ontario must be

capable of evaluating the original French-language works of the candidates for

the position and, as may be necessary to comply with this requirement,

(

a) the

Speaker may select another member of the Legislative Assembly to replace him or

her on the panel and to serve as its chair;

(

b) the

Ontario Legislative Librarian may select an individual to replace him or her on

the panel; and

(

c) the

Speaker and the Ontario Legislative Librarian may, acting jointly, select up to

two individuals who are not members of the Province of Ontario Council for the

Arts but who have knowledge of French-language literary activity in Ontario to

replace one or both of the members of the Province of Ontario Council for the

Arts.

Subsection 3 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “The Poet Laureate” in

the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “Each Poet Laureate”.

Section 4 of the Act is amended by striking out “the Poet Laureate” wherever it

appears and substituting in each case “a Poet Laureate”.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Poet Laureate of Ontario Amendment Act (French-language Poet

Laureate of Ontario), 2022 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

September 7, 2022

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

September 7, 2022

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

September 7, 2022

Carried