Bill 202 explained in plain English
Standing Up Against Anti-Semitism in Ontario Act, 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
At a glance
Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This Act prohibits public bodies, public pension funds, college and university foundations, and colleges and universities in Ontario from supporting or participating in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.
The Standing Up Against Anti-Semitism in Ontario Act, 2016, makes it unlawful for public bodies, public pension funds, college and university foundations, and colleges and universities to support or participate in the 'BDS movement'. The BDS movement is defined as a political movement whose primary aim is to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel, Israeli individuals or entities, or entities owned by or affiliated with Jewish Canadians or Israel. The Act states that contracts with entities supporting the BDS movement will be terminated, and investments in such entities must cease. Colleges and universities are prohibited from participating in or supporting the BDS movement, with consequences to be set out in regulations. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Prohibits public bodies from entering into contracts with any person or entity that supports or participates in the BDS movement.
- Requires public bodies to immediately terminate contracts with any person or entity found to support or participate in the BDS movement.
- Prohibits public pension funds and college and university foundations from investing in any entity that supports or participates in the BDS movement.
- Requires public pension funds and college and university foundations to terminate investments in entities supporting or participating in the BDS movement within 12 months, unless proof of cessation is provided.
- Prohibits colleges and universities from supporting or participating in the BDS movement.
- Allows for regulations to establish consequences for colleges and universities that contravene the prohibition on supporting or participating in the BDS movement.
- Empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations for the implementation of the Act.
- Public bodies (ministries, agencies, boards, commissions, officials, municipalities, local boards in Ontario)
- Contractors doing business with public bodies
- Public pension funds
- Foundations of colleges and universities
- Colleges and universities
- Entities that support or participate in the BDS movement
- Public bodies have an obligation not to enter into contracts with entities supporting the BDS movement.
- Public bodies have an obligation to terminate contracts with entities supporting the BDS movement.
- Public pension funds and college/university foundations have an obligation not to invest in entities supporting the BDS movement.
- Public pension funds and college/university foundations have an obligation to terminate investments in entities supporting the BDS movement.
- Colleges and universities have an obligation not to support or participate in the BDS movement.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Contracts with public bodies supporting or participating in the BDS movement will be immediately terminated.
- Investments in entities supporting or participating in the BDS movement must be terminated within 12 months by public pension funds and college/university foundations.
- Consequences for colleges and universities that contravene the Act will be set out in regulations.
- The specific consequences for colleges and universities that violate the Act are not detailed in the bill and will be established through regulations.
- The Act does not specify the process or criteria for a public body to determine if a person or entity supports or participates in the BDS movement, beyond the definition provided.
This is the new law that creates the prohibitions and requirements described.
The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations to govern the consequences for colleges and universities that violate the Act and any other matter related to its implementation.
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