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Bill 195, Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020

Jones, Hon. Sylvia Solicitor General

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s aid to Bill 195 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 195 has been enacted as

Chapter 17 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2020.

The Bill enacts the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 .

The Act continues orders made under sections 7.0.2 and 7.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act in relation to COVID-19. Continued orders will cease to apply after 30 days but can be extended by the Lieutenant Governor in Council for additional periods of up to 30 days.

Orders may be amended by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, subject to limitations. A continued

section 7.0.2 order may be amended if the amendment would have been authorized under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act and if it satisfies other specified requirements. Certain continued

section 7.0.2 orders listed in the Act may not be amended. Any continued order may be amended to address transitional issues. Orders may also be revoked.

The power to extend, amend or revoke orders can be delegated to a Minister.

The powers to extend or amend orders cease to apply after one year but the Assembly, on the recommendation of the Premier, may extend those powers for additional periods of up to one year.

Enforcement provisions are included to provide for court orders to restrain contraventions and to provide for offences. Those provisions are based on provisions of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act .

The Premier, or a Minister, is required to report regularly to the public and, at least once every 30 days, appear before, and report to, a standing or select committee of the Assembly. The Premier is required to table a report in the Assembly after one year and after any extension of the power to extend or amend orders.

If the COVID-19 declared emergency has not already been terminated, the Act provides for its termination.

The Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Bill 195 2020

An Act to enact the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020

CONTENTS

Interpretation

Definitions

Orders

Orders continued

Time limit on application of orders

Power to amend orders

Power to revoke orders

Delegation of powers

Provisions applying with respect to orders

Expiry of power to amend, extend orders

Enforcement

Proceedings to restrain contravention of order

Offences

Reporting

Reports to public

Reports to Assembly committee at 30-day intervals

Report to Assembly after one year

General

Protection from action

Action not an expropriation

Crown bound

Termination of COVID-19 declared emergency

Commencement and

Short Title

Commencement

Short title

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

Interpretation

Definitions

1 In this Act,

“continued

section 7.0.2 order” means an order continued under

section 2 that was made under

section 7.0.2 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act ; (“décret pris en vertu de l’article 7.0.2 et maintenu”)

“COVID-19 declared emergency” means the emergency declared pursuant to Order in Council 518/2020 (Ontario Regulation 50/20) on March 17, 2020 pursuant to

section 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act . (“situation d’urgence déclarée en raison de la COVID-19”)

Orders

Orders continued

(1) The orders made under

section 7.0.2 or 7.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act that have not been revoked as of the day this subsection comes into force are continued as valid and effective orders under this Act and cease to be orders under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act .

Exception

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the order filed as Ontario Regulation 106/20 (Order Made Under the Act — Extensions and Renewals of Orders).

Clarification

(3) For greater certainty, an order that is in force is continued under subsection (1) even if, on the day that subsection comes into force, the order does not apply to any area of the Province.

Time limit on application of orders

(1) An order continued under

section 2 ceases to apply 30 days after it is continued under

section 2, subject to extension under subsection (2).

Extension of orders

(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order, before it ceases to apply, extend the effective period of an order for periods of no more than 30 days.

Power to amend orders

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by order,

(

a) subject to subsections (2) and (5), amend a continued

section 7.0.2 order in a way that would have been authorized under

section 7.0.2 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act if the COVID-19 declared emergency were still in effect and references in that

section to the emergency were references to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects ;

(

b) amend an order continued under

section 2 to address transitional matters relating to the termination of the COVID-19 declared emergency, the enactment of this Act or the continuation of orders under

section 2.

Limitation on amendments

(2) An amendment may be made under clause (1) (

a) only if,

(

a) the amendment relates to one or more of the subject matters listed in subsection (3); or

(

b) the amendment requires persons to act in compliance with any advice, recommendation or instruction of a public health official.

Same

(3) The subject matters referred to in clause (2) (

a) are the following:

1. Closing or regulating any place, whether public or private, including any business, office, school, hospital or other establishment or institution.

2. Providing for rules or practices that relate to workplaces or the management of workplaces, or authorizing the person responsible for a workplace to identify staffing priorities or to develop, modify and implement redeployment plans or rules or practices that relate to the workplace or the management of the workplace, including credentialing processes in a health care facility.

3. Prohibiting or regulating gatherings or organized public events.

Definition of “credentialing process”

(4) In paragraph 2 of subsection (3),

“credentialing process” means the activities, processes, procedures and proceedings for appointing and reappointing health care staff and determining the nature and scope of privileges assigned to them.

Orders that may not be amended

(5) Amendments may not be made under clause (1) (

a) to the following orders:

1. Ontario Regulation 75/20 (Drinking Water Systems and Sewage Works).

2. Ontario Regulation 76/20 (Electronic Service).

3. Ontario Regulation 80/20 (Electricity Price for RPP Consumers).

4. Ontario Regulation 114/20 (Enforcement of Orders).

5. Ontario Regulation 120/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Access to COVID-19 Status Information by Specified Persons).

6. Ontario Regulation 129/20 (Signatures in Wills and Powers of Attorney).

7. Ontario Regulation 132/20 (Use of Force and Firearms in Policing Services).

8. Ontario Regulation 141/20 (Temporary Health or Residential Facilities).

9. Ontario Regulation 190/20 (Access to Personal Health Information by Means of the Electronic Health Record).

10. Ontario Regulation 192/20 (Certain Persons Enabled to Issue Medical Certificates of Death).

11. Ontario Regulation 210/20 (Management of Long-Term Care Homes in Outbreak).

12. Ontario Regulation 240/20 (Management of Retirement Homes in Outbreak).

13. Ontario Regulation 241/20 (Special Rules Re Temporary Pandemic Pay).

14. Ontario Regulation 345/20 (Patios).

Amendments may change requirements, extend application

(6) For greater certainty, an amendment made under clause (1) (

a) may do the following, subject to subsection (2):

1. Impose more onerous or different requirements, including in different parts of the Province.

2. Extend the application of the order being amended, including the geographic scope of the order and the persons it applies to.

Amendments may be retroactive

(7) An amendment, if it so provides, may be retroactive to a date specified in the amending order that is on or after the day subsection (1) came into force.

Regulations to define “public health official”

(8) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations defining “public health official” for the purposes of clause (2) (b).

Power to revoke orders

5 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order revoke an order continued under

section 2.

Delegation of powers

6 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order delegate to a minister of the Crown any of the powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council under

section 3, 4 or 5.

Provisions applying with respect to orders

(1) Subsections 7.2 (3) to (8) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act continue to apply, with necessary modifications, with respect to orders continued under

section 2, including any amendments to such orders made under this Act.

Same

(2) Subsections 7.0.2 (6) to (9) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act continue to apply, with necessary modifications and the modifications specified in subsection (3), with respect to continued

section 7.0.2 orders, including any amendments to such orders made under this Act.

Modifications

(3) The modifications referred to in subsection (2) are the following:

1. The reference, in paragraph 1 of subsection 7.0.2 (7) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act , to the emergency is deemed to be a reference to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects.

2. The reference, in paragraph 2 of subsection 7.0.2 (7) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act , to when the declared emergency is terminated is deemed to be a reference to when the order in relation to which that paragraph applies is revoked or ceases to apply.

Expiry of power to amend, extend orders

(1) The following powers cease to apply on the first anniversary of the day orders are continued under

section 2:

1. The power under subsection 3 (2) to extend orders.

2. The power under

section 4 to amend orders.

Extension by Assembly resolution

(2) The Assembly, on the recommendation of the Premier, may by resolution extend the expiry date mentioned in subsection (1) for additional periods of no more than one year.

Same

(3) If there is a resolution before the Assembly to extend the expiry date, the powers listed in subsection (1) shall continue until the resolution is voted on.

Effect of orders after expiry of power to amend, extend

(4) An order extended under subsection 3 (2) continues in effect until the date to which it was extended, even if that date is after the time the powers listed in subsection (1) cease to apply, unless it is revoked before that date.

Enforcement

Proceedings to restrain contravention of order

9 Despite any other remedy or any penalty, the contravention by any person of a continued

section 7.0.2 order may be restrained by order of a judge of the Superior Court of Justice upon application without notice by the Crown in right of Ontario or a member of the Executive Council and the judge may make the order and it may be enforced in the same manner as any other order or judgment of the Superior Court of Justice.

Offences

(1) Every person who fails to comply with a continued

section 7.0.2 order or who interferes with or obstructs any person in the exercise of a power or the performance of a duty conferred by such an order is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction,

(

a) in the case of an individual, subject to clause (b), to a fine of not more than $100,000 and for a term of imprisonment of not more than one year;

(

b) in the case of an individual who is a director or officer of a corporation, to a fine of not more than $500,000 and for a term of imprisonment of not more than one year; and

(

c) in the case of a corporation, to a fine of not more than $10,000,000.

Separate offence

(2) A person is guilty of a separate offence on each day that an offence under subsection (1) occurs or continues.

Increased penalty

(3) Despite the maximum fines set out in subsection (1), the court that convicts a person of an offence may increase a fine imposed on the person by an amount equal to the financial benefit that was acquired by or that accrued to the person as a result of the commission of the offence.

Exception

(4) No person shall be charged with an offence under subsection (1) for failing to comply with or interference or obstruction in respect of an order that has been amended retroactive to a date that is specified in the amendment, if the failure to comply, interference or obstruction is in respect of conduct to which the retroactive amendment applies and the conduct occurred before the retroactive amendment was made but after the retroactive date specified in the amendment.

Reporting

Reports to public

11 The Premier, or a Minister to whom the Premier delegates the responsibility, shall regularly report to the public with respect to the orders continued under

section 2 that continue to apply.

Reports to Assembly committee at 30-day intervals

12 At least once every 30 days, the Premier, or a Minister to whom the Premier delegates the responsibility, shall appear before, and report to, a standing or select committee designated by the Assembly concerning,

(

a) orders that were extended during the reporting period; and

(

b) the rationale for those extensions.

Report to Assembly after one year

(1) Within 120 days after the first anniversary of the day orders are continued under

section 2, the Premier shall table a report in the Assembly concerning,

(

a) orders that were amended under this Act;

(

b) orders that were extended under this Act; and

(

c) the rationale for those amendments and extensions, including how any applicable conditions and limitations on the making of the amendments were satisfied.

Report, if extension under s. 8

(2) If the expiry date mentioned in subsection 8 (1) is extended under

section 8, the Premier shall, within 120 days after the end of each extension period, table an additional report in the Assembly concerning,

(

a) the rationale for recommending the extension;

(

b) orders that were amended during the extension period;

(

c) orders that were extended during the extension period; and

(

d) the rationale for those amendments and extensions, including how any applicable conditions and limitations on the making of the amendments were satisfied.

General

Protection from action

Section 11 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act applies, with necessary modifications, with respect to orders continued, amended, extended or revoked under this Act.

Action not an expropriation

(1) Section 13.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act applies, with necessary modifications and the modification specified in subsection (2), with respect to this Act and orders continued, amended, extended or revoked under this Act.

Modification

(2) The modification referred to in subsection (1) is the following:

1. The reference, in subsection 13.1 (2) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act , to the emergency is deemed to be a reference to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects.

Crown bound

16 This Act binds the Crown.

Termination of COVID-19 declared emergency

17 Unless it has been terminated before this

section comes into force, the COVID-19 declared emergency is terminated and Ontario Regulation 50/20 (Declaration of Emergency) is revoked.

Commencement and

Short Title

Commencement

18 This Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Short title

19 The

short title of this Act is the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 .

Bill 195 Original (PDF)

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill enacts the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to

COVID-19) Act, 2020 .

The

Act continues orders made under sections 7.0.2 and 7.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act in relation

to COVID-19. Continued orders will cease to apply after 30 days but can be

extended by the Lieutenant Governor in Council for additional periods of up to

30 days.

Orders

may be amended by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, subject to limitations. A

continued

section 7.0.2 order may be amended if the amendment would have been

authorized under the Emergency Management and Civil

Protection Act and if it satisfies other specified requirements. Certain

continued

section 7.0.2 orders listed in the Act may not be amended. Any

continued order may be amended to address transitional issues. Orders may also

be revoked.

The

power to extend, amend or revoke orders can be delegated to a Minister.

The

powers to extend or amend orders cease to apply after one year but the

Assembly, on the recommendation of the Premier, may extend those powers for

additional periods of up to one year.

Enforcement

provisions are included to provide for court orders to restrain contraventions

and to provide for offences. Those provisions are based on provisions of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act .

The

Premier, or a Minister, is required to report regularly to the public and, at

least once every 30 days, appear before, and report to, a standing or select

committee of the Assembly. The Premier is required to table a report in the

Assembly after one year and after any extension of the power to extend or amend

orders.

the COVID-19 declared emergency has not already been terminated, the Act

provides for its termination.

The

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

Governor.

Bill 195 2020

Act to enact the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020

CONTENTS

Interpretation

Definitions

Orders

Orders

continued

Time

limit on application of orders

Power

to amend orders

Power

to revoke orders

Delegation

of powers

Provisions

applying with respect to orders

Expiry

of power to amend, extend orders

Enforcement

Proceedings

to restrain contravention of order

Offences

Reporting

Reports

to public

Reports

to Assembly committee at 30-day intervals

Report

to Assembly after one year

General

Protection

from action

Action

not an expropriation

Crown

bound

Termination

of COVID-19 declared emergency

Commencement and

Short Title

Commencement

Short

title

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Interpretation

Definitions

1 In this Act,

“continued

section 7.0.2 order” means an order continued under

section 2 that was made

under

section 7.0.2 of the Emergency Management and Civil

Protection Act ; (“décret pris en vertu de l’article 7.0.2 et maintenu”)

“COVID-19

declared emergency” means the emergency declared pursuant to Order in Council

518/2020 (Ontario Regulation 50/20) on March 17, 2020 pursuant to

section 7.0.1

of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act .

(“situation

d’urgence déclarée en raison de la COVID-19”)

Orders

Orders continued

(1) The orders made under

section 7.0.2 or 7.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil

Protection Act that have not been revoked as of the day this subsection

comes into force are continued as valid and effective orders under this Act

and cease to be orders under the Emergency Management and

Civil Protection Act .

Exception

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply to the order filed as Ontario Regulation 106/20 (Order Made Under

the Act — Extensions and Renewals of Orders).

Clarification

(3) For

greater certainty, an order that is in force is continued under subsection

(1) even if, on the day that subsection comes into force, the order does not apply

to any area of the Province.

Time

limit on application of orders

(1) An order continued under

section 2 ceases to

apply 30 days after it is continued under

section 2, subject to extension under

subsection (2).

Extension

of orders

(2) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order, before it ceases to apply, extend

the effective period of an order for periods of no more than 30 days.

Power to amend orders

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by

order,

(

a) subject

to subsections (2) and (5), amend a continued

section 7.0.2 order in a way that

would have been authorized under

section 7.0.2 of the Emergency

Management and Civil Protection Act if the COVID-19 declared emergency

were still in effect and references in that

section to the emergency were

references to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects ;

(

b) amend

an order continued under

section 2 to address transitional matters relating to

the termination of the COVID-19 declared emergency, the enactment of this Act

or the continuation of orders under

section 2.

Limitation

on amendments

(2) An

amendment may be made under clause (1) (

a) only if,

(

a) the

amendment relates to one or more of the subject matters listed in subsection (3);

(

b) the

amendment requires persons to act in compliance with any advice, recommendation

or instruction of a public health official.

Same

(3) The

subject matters referred to in clause (2) (

a) are the following:

1. Closing

or regulating any place, whether public or private, including any business,

office, school, hospital or other establishment or institution.

2. Providing

for rules or practices that relate to workplaces or the management of

workplaces, or authorizing the person responsible for a workplace to identify

staffing priorities or to develop, modify and implement redeployment plans or

rules or practices that relate to the workplace or the management of the workplace,

including credentialing processes in a health care facility.

3. Prohibiting

or regulating gatherings or organized public events.

Definition

of “credentialing process”

(4) In

paragraph 2 of subsection (3),

“credentialing

process” means the activities, processes, procedures and proceedings for

appointing and reappointing health care staff and determining the nature and

scope of privileges assigned to them.

Orders

that may not be amended

(5) Amendments

may not be made under clause (1) (

a) to the following orders:

1. Ontario

Regulation 75/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Drinking Water

Systems and Sewage Works).

2. Ontario

Regulation 76/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Electronic

Service).

3. Ontario

Regulation 80/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Electricity

Price for RPP Consumers).

4. Ontario

Regulation 114/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Enforcement of

Orders).

5. Ontario

Regulation 120/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Access to

COVID-19 Status Information by Specified Persons).

6. Ontario

Regulation 129/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Signatures in

Wills and Powers of Attorney).

7. Ontario

Regulation 132/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Use of Force

and Firearms in Policing Services).

8. Ontario

Regulation 141/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Temporary

Health or Residential Facilities).

9. Ontario

Regulation 190/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Access to

Personal Health Information by Means of the Electronic Health Record).

10. Ontario

Regulation 192/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Certain

Persons Enabled to Issue Medical Certificates of Death).

11. Ontario

Regulation 210/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Management of

Long-Term Care Homes in Outbreak).

12. Ontario

Regulation 240/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Management of

Retirement Homes in Outbreak).

13. Ontario

Regulation 241/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Special Rules

Re Temporary Pandemic Pay).

14. Ontario

Regulation 345/20 (Order Under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Patios).

Amendments

may change requirements, extend application

(6) For

greater certainty, an amendment made under clause (1) (

a) may do the following,

subject to subsection (2):

1. Impose

more onerous or different requirements, including in different parts of the

Province.

2. Extend

the application of the order being amended, including the geographic scope of

the order and the persons it applies to.

Amendments

may be retroactive

(7) An

amendment, if it so provides, may be retroactive to a date specified in the

amending order that is on or after the day subsection (1) came into force.

Regulations

to define “public health official”

(8) The Lieutenant Governor

in Council may make regulations defining “public health official” for the

purposes of clause (2) (b).

Power

to revoke orders

5 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order revoke an

order continued under

section 2.

Delegation

of powers

6 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order delegate to

a minister of the Crown any of the powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council

under

section 3, 4 or 5.

Provisions

applying with respect to orders

(1) Subsections 7.2 (3) to (8) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act continue to

apply, with necessary modifications, with respect to orders continued under

section 2, including any amendments to such orders made under this Act.

Same

(2) Subsections

7.0.2 (6) to (9) of the Emergency Management and Civil

Protection Act continue to apply, with necessary modifications and the

modifications specified in subsection (3), with respect to continued

section

7.0.2 orders, including any amendments to such orders made under this Act.

Modifications

(3) The

modifications referred to in subsection (2) are the following:

1. The

reference, in paragraph 1 of subsection 7.0.2 (7) of the Emergency

Management and Civil Protection Act , to the emergency is deemed to be a

reference to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects.

2. The

reference, in paragraph 2 of subsection 7.0.2 (7) of the Emergency

Management and Civil Protection Act , to when the declared emergency is

terminated is deemed to be a reference to when the order in relation to which that

paragraph applies is revoked or ceases to apply.

Expiry

of power to amend, extend orders

(1) The following powers cease to apply on the

first anniversary of the day orders are continued under

section 2:

1. The

power under subsection 3 (2) to extend orders.

2. The

power under

section 4 to amend orders.

Extension

by Assembly resolution

(2) The

Assembly, on the recommendation of the Premier, may by resolution extend the expiry

date mentioned in subsection (1) for additional periods of no more than one

year.

Same

(3) If

there is a resolution before the Assembly to extend the expiry date, the powers

listed in subsection (1) shall continue until the resolution is voted on.

Effect

of orders after expiry of power to amend, extend

(4) An

order extended under subsection 3 (2) continues in effect until the date to

which it was extended, even if that date is after the time the powers listed in

subsection (1) cease to apply, unless it is revoked before that date.

Enforcement

Proceedings

to restrain contravention of order

9 Despite any other remedy or any penalty, the contravention

by any person of a continued

section 7.0.2 order may be restrained by order of

a judge of the Superior Court of Justice upon application without notice by the

Crown in right of Ontario or a member of the Executive Council and the judge

may make the order and it may be enforced in the same manner as any other order

or judgment of the Superior Court of Justice.

Offences

(1) Every person who fails to comply with a

continued

section 7.0.2 order or who interferes with or obstructs any person in

the exercise of a power or the performance of a duty conferred by such an order

is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction,

(

a) in

the case of an individual, subject to clause (b), to a fine of not more than

$100,000 and for a term of imprisonment of not more than one year;

(

b) in

the case of an individual who is a director or officer of a corporation, to a

fine of not more than $500,000 and for a term of imprisonment of not more than

one year; and

(

c) in

the case of a corporation, to a fine of not more than $10,000,000.

Separate

offence

(2) A

person is guilty of a separate offence on each day that an offence under

subsection (1) occurs or continues.

Increased

penalty

(3) Despite

the maximum fines set out in subsection (1), the court that convicts a person

of an offence may increase a fine imposed on the person by an amount equal to

the financial benefit that was acquired by or that accrued to the person as a

result of the commission of the offence.

Exception

(4) No

person shall be charged with an offence under subsection (1) for failing to

comply with or interference or obstruction in respect of an order that has been

amended retroactive to a date that is specified in the amendment, if the

failure to comply, interference or obstruction is in respect of conduct to

which the retroactive amendment applies and the conduct occurred before the retroactive

amendment was made but after the retroactive date specified in the amendment.

Reporting

Reports

to public

11 The Premier, or a Minister to whom the Premier delegates

the responsibility, shall regularly report to the public with respect to the

orders continued under

section 2 that continue to apply.

Reports

to Assembly committee at 30-day intervals

12 At least once every 30 days, the Premier, or a Minister to

whom the Premier delegates the responsibility, shall appear before, and report

to, a standing or select committee designated by the Assembly concerning,

(

a) orders

that were extended during the reporting period; and

(

b) the

rationale for those extensions.

Report

to Assembly after one year

(1) Within 120 days after the first anniversary

of the day orders are continued under

section 2, the Premier shall table a

report in the Assembly concerning,

(

a) orders

that were amended under this Act;

(

b) orders

that were extended under this Act; and

(

c) the

rationale for those amendments and extensions, including how any applicable

conditions and limitations on the making of the amendments were satisfied.

Report,

if extension under s. 8

(2) If

the expiry date mentioned in subsection 8 (1) is extended under

section 8, the

Premier shall, within 120 days after the end of each extension period, table an

additional report in the Assembly concerning,

(

a) the

rationale for recommending the extension;

(

b) orders

that were amended during the extension period;

(

c) orders

that were extended during the extension period; and

(

d) the

rationale for those amendments and extensions, including how any applicable

conditions and limitations on the making of the amendments were satisfied.

General

Protection

from action

Section 11 of the Emergency Management

and Civil Protection Act applies, with necessary modifications, with

respect to orders continued, amended, extended or revoked under this Act.

Action

not an expropriation

(1) Section 13.1 of the Emergency

Management and Civil Protection Act applies, with necessary

modifications and the modification specified in subsection (2), with respect to

this Act and orders continued, amended, extended or revoked under this Act.

Modification

(2) The

modification referred to in subsection (1) is the following:

1. The

reference, in subsection 13.1 (2) of the Emergency

Management and Civil Protection Act , to the emergency is deemed to be a

reference to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects.

Crown

bound

16 This Act binds the Crown.

Termination of COVID-19 declared emergency

17 Unless it has been terminated before this

section comes

into force, the COVID-19 declared emergency is terminated and Ontario

Regulation 50/20 is revoked.

Commencement

and

Short Title

Commencement

18 This Act comes into force on a day to be named by

proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Short

title

19 The

short title of this Act is the Reopening

Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

July 21, 2020

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

July 21, 2020

Third Reading

Vote

Carried on division

July 21, 2020

Third Reading

Debated

July 21, 2020

Second Reading

Ordered for Third Reading pursuant to the Order of the House

July 21, 2020

Second Reading

Vote

Carried on division

July 21, 2020

Second Reading

Question put

July 21, 2020

Second Reading

Time allocated

July 14, 2020

Second Reading

Debated

July 7, 2020

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

July 7, 2020

Committee

Second Reading

June 14, 2020

Principal Debaters :

Hon. Sylvia Jones, Ms. Christine Hogarth, Mrs. Robin Martin, Mrs. Gila Martow, Ms. Goldie Ghamari, Mr. Rudy Cuzzetto, Mr. Kaleed Rasheed, Mr. Gilles Bisson, Mr. Faisal Hassan, Ms. Jessica Bell, Ms. Catherine Fife, Mr. Randy Hillier, Mr. John Fraser, Ms. Mitzie Hunter, Mr. Mike Schreiner, Mr. Percy Hatfield

Questions and Comments :

Mr. Jeremy Roberts, Mr. Taras Natyshak, Miss Christina Maria Mitas, Mr. Aris Babikian, Ms. Sandy Shaw, Ms. Effie J. Triantafilopoulos, Ms. Judith Monteith-Farrell, Hon. Paul Calandra, Ms. Jane McKenna, Mr. Terence Kernaghan, Mr. John Vanthof, Mrs. Daisy Wai, Mr. Mike Harris, Mme Natalia Kusendova, Mr. Lorne Coe, Mr. Sam Oosterhoff, Ms. Donna Skelly, Miss Monique Taylor, Mrs. Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens, Mr. David Piccini

June 14, 2020 (Continued)

Time Allocation

July 20, 2020

Ms. Andrea Khanjin, Mrs. Gila Martow, Mr. Gilles Bisson, Ms. Sandy Shaw, Mr. Wayne Gates, Ms. Laura Mae Lindo, Ms. Jill Andrew, Hon. Paul Calandra, Mr. John Vanthof, Mr. Jim McDonell, Mr. Michael Parsa, Mr. Tom Rakocevic

Vote deferred.

July 21, 2020

Carried on division.

July 21, 2020

Carried on division. Ordered for third reading pursuant to the order of the House.

Committee

Third Reading

July 21, 2020

Principal Debaters :

Hon. Sylvia Jones, Mr. Gilles Bisson, Mr. John Fraser, Ms. Christine Hogarth, Mr. Wayne Gates, Mme Lucille Collard, Mrs. Lisa Gretzky, Mr. Mike Schreiner, Ms. Jill Andrew, Mr. Jamie West, Ms. Doly Begum

Carried on division.

Royal Assent

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

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