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Bill 166, Great Lakes Protection Amendment Act, 2020

Barrett, Toby

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 to

change its title to the Great Lakes Protection and

Promotion Act, 2019 and to add the promotion of tourism and other economic

activities in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin that respect the

ecological health of the Basin as a purpose of the Act.

When

carrying out activities under the Act that affect the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence

River Basin, the Minister may consult with the government of any jurisdiction,

other than Ontario, that borders on the Basin if the Minister is of the opinion

that it is desirable to so consult to achieve one or more of the purposes of the

Act.

Bill 166 2019

Act to amend the Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The

short title of the Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015

is repealed and the following substituted:

Great

Lakes Protection and Promotion Act, 2015

The

preamble to the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph as the

last paragraph before the enacting paragraph:

All

Ontarians also have an interest in the promotion of tourism and other economic

activities in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin that respect the

ecological health of the Basin.

Subsection 1 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of

clause (a), by adding “and” at the end of clause (

b) and by adding the

following clause:

(

c) to

promote tourism and other economic activities in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence

River Basin that respect the ecological health of the Basin.

Subsection 5 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Review

of Strategy

(2) The

Minister shall cause a review of the Strategy to be undertaken,

(

a) before

December 17, 2018 and before every sixth anniversary after that; and

(

b) as

soon as reasonably possible after the enactment of the Great

Lakes Protection Amendment Act, 2019 .

(1) Section 6 of the Act is amended by adding the following

paragraph:

1.1 A

summary of types of tourism and other economic activities that are feasible to

promote in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin and that respect its

ecological health.

(2) Paragraph

4 of

section 6 of the Act is amended by adding the following subparagraph:

i.1 The

importance of promoting tourism and other economic activities in the Great

Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin that respect the ecological health of the Basin.

(3) Section

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

Goals

for tourism and other economic activities

(2) The

goals of the Strategy shall include developing,

(

a) guidelines

on determining what tourism and other economic activities respect the

ecological health of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin;

(

b) plans

for the government to create standardized educational materials on the

guidelines described in clause (

a) and to distribute them to members of the

public;

(

c) plans

to promote research into determining what tourism and other economic activities

respect the ecological health of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin;

(

d) plans

to promote the holding of international symposia to provide education to

members of the public on the guidelines described in clause (a);

(

e) programs

for the government to fund, out of the funds appropriated to the Ministry and

to the extent that the Minister considers appropriate, the research described

in clause (

c) or the international symposia described in clause (d); and

(

f) programs

to encourage the raising of money from non-government sources to fund the research

described in clause (

c) or the international symposia described in clause (d).

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Consultation

with other jurisdictions

27.1 When carrying out any

of the following activities, the Minister may consult with the government of

any jurisdiction, other than Ontario, that borders on the Great Lakes-St.

Lawrence River Basin if the Minister is of the opinion that it is desirable to

so consult to achieve one or more of the purposes of this Act:

1. Reviewing

or amending the Strategy under

Part III.

2. Establishing

a target under

Part IV.

3. Preparing

a plan under subsection 9 (5).

4. Deciding

whether to approve a proposal for an initiative under

Part V.

5. Deciding

whether to refer a draft initiative to the Lieutenant Governor in Council under

Part VI.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Great Lakes Protection

Amendment Act, 2019 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

March 5, 2020

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

March 5, 2020

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

March 5, 2020

Second Reading

Debated

December 11, 2019

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

December 11, 2019

Committee

Second Reading

March 5, 2020

Mr. Toby Barrett, Mr. Chris Glover, Mr. David Piccini, Ms. Judith Monteith-Farrell, Mr. Norman Miller, Mr. Percy Hatfield, Mr. Sam Oosterhoff, Mr. Ian Arthur, Mr. Mike Schreiner

March 5, 2020

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 166

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

Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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