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Bill PR25 explained in plain English

Loretto Ladies' Colleges and Schools Act, 2014

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
40th Parliament, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill PR25
Full title
Loretto Ladies' Colleges and Schools Act, 2014
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills
Last updated
Apr 29, 2014
Sponsor

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills
Latest Activity
Apr 29, 2014
Sponsor
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

This Act allows The Loretto Ladies’ Colleges and Schools to hold, acquire, and dispose of property anywhere in Canada or outside of Canada.

What It Means

This private bill changes the law to allow The Loretto Ladies’ Colleges and Schools to own, buy, sell, and manage property anywhere in the world, not just in Ontario. It also confirms that past property dealings are still valid. The Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Grants The Loretto Ladies’ Colleges and Schools the power to acquire, hold, sell, and dispose of real or personal property anywhere in Canada or outside of Canada.
  • Confirms that any property transactions made by The Loretto Ladies’ Colleges and Schools before this Act received Royal Assent are valid.
  • Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • The Loretto Ladies’ Colleges and Schools
  • The Sisters of our Lady of Loretto
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The Loretto Ladies’ Colleges and Schools has the right to acquire, hold, sell, and otherwise dispose of real or personal property anywhere in Canada or outside Canada.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify any limitations on the types of property that can be acquired, held, or disposed of, other than it can be real or personal property.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
An Act to incorporate the Sisters of our Lady of Loretto, in the Diocese of Toronto, being chapter 187 of the Statutes of the Province of Canada, 1857
amends

Removes the limitation that The Loretto Ladies’ Colleges and Schools could only acquire, hold, and deal with property within the City of Toronto and elsewhere in Ontario. This allows the corporation to deal with property anywhere in Canada or outside Canada.

Source: Section 1

An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Sisters of Our Lady of Loretto, 20 Victoria, Chapter 187, being chapter 75 of the Statutes of Ontario, 1898
amends

This Act amends the original incorporation Act, which was itself amended by this 1898 Act. The effect of the current bill is to expand the property dealings power originally granted and later amended.

Source: Preamble

Generated using AI from official bill text. Not legal advice. It is written by PoliticalData.ca for civic education, automatically checked and spot-reviewed before publishing.

Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Apr 29, 2014
Step 2
Second reading
Not reached yet
Step 3
Committee review
Apr 29, 2014
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill is still active. We only show vote counts after the legislature publishes a recorded division.

Sponsor
Mike Colle
Sponsor party or district not listed
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

This bill is still moving through the process. When a recorded division is published, representative positions can be listed here.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

How this data is sourced