Bill PR25 explained in plain English
Superior Corporate Services Limited Act, 2023
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill PR25 revives Superior Corporate Services Limited, a corporation dissolved in 1989, and establishes that it must indemnify the Crown for any losses related to the disposition of its property during the dissolution period.
Bill PR25 is a private bill that brings Superior Corporate Services Limited back to life as a legal entity. The corporation was dissolved in 1989 for not complying with tax requirements under the Corporations Tax Act. Mary Kathleen Young, who is the executor and trustee of the estate of the corporation's former owner and sole shareholder Bruce Malcolm Young, asked the Ontario legislature to revive the corporation so she can take legal action on its behalf. When the corporation is revived, it will be restored to the same legal position it had when it was dissolved in 1989, including all its debts, contracts, liabilities, and obligations. However, any property, rights, privileges, or franchises that the Crown (the government) obtained when the corporation was dissolved will remain with the Crown, unless they can be recovered under other laws like the Forfeited Corporate Property Act, 2015, the Escheats Act, 2015, or the Mining Act, or by order of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The revived corporation must indemnify (compensate) the Crown and any government officers, employees, or agents for any damages, costs, or losses resulting from any legal proceeding or claim related to how the government or others dealt with the corporation's property, rights, privileges, or franchises during the time the corporation was dissolved. A court can review and modify or terminate this indemnity requirement if it sees fit. The Act comes into force immediately upon Royal Assent.
- Revives Superior Corporate Services Limited as a legal entity
- Restores the corporation to its legal position as of January 31, 1989 (the date of dissolution), including all its debts, contracts, liabilities, and disabilities
- Confirms that property, rights, privileges, or franchises acquired by the Crown during the dissolution period remain with the Crown unless recovered through other legal processes or court order
- Requires the revived corporation to indemnify (compensate) the Crown, government officers, employees, and agents for damages, costs, or losses from proceedings or claims related to the disposition of the corporation's property during dissolution
- Gives courts the power to review, approve, void, terminate, or modify the indemnity on terms the court considers just
- Provides that the Act comes into force on Royal Assent
- Superior Corporate Services Limited — the corporation being revived
- Mary Kathleen Young — the executor and trustee of the estate of the corporation's former owner and sole shareholder, who applied for the revival
- The Crown (Ontario government) — entitled to indemnification for losses related to property dispositions during dissolution
- Government officers, employees, and agents — entitled to indemnification along with the Crown
- The Public Guardian and Trustee — explicitly mentioned as entitled to indemnification
- Persons who acquired property, rights, privileges, or franchises from the corporation after its dissolution — their acquisitions are protected
- The Ontario Superior Court of Justice — given authority to review and modify indemnity arrangements
- Superior Corporate Services Limited must indemnify the Crown for damages, costs, or other losses incurred as a direct or indirect result of any proceeding or claim relating to the disposition of the corporation's property, rights, privileges, or franchises during dissolution
- The Crown may seek indemnification from the revived corporation for losses from any proceeding or claim commencing or arising before or after the revival
- The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has the right to review the indemnity and can approve, void, terminate, or modify it on terms it considers just
- The Crown retains ownership of property, rights, privileges, or franchises that forfeited to it during dissolution, except where other laws allow recovery or courts order otherwise
- Persons who acquired property from the corporation after dissolution retain their acquisitions
- January 31, 1989 — the date Superior Corporate Services Limited was originally dissolved
- Royal Assent date (2023) — when the Act comes into force
- The bill text does not specify the exact date Royal Assent was granted in 2023
- The bill does not detail what specific proceedings or claims relating to property disposition might arise, or their likelihood
- The bill does not specify what property, rights, privileges, or franchises were actually forfeited to the Crown or acquired by third parties during the 1989-2023 dissolution period
- The scope and amount of potential indemnification owed to the Crown is not specified in the bill
- The bill does not describe the specific legal action Mary Kathleen Young intends to bring on behalf of the corporation
The bill references that Superior Corporate Services Limited was dissolved under this Act on January 31, 1989
Source: Preamble
The bill references that the corporation was dissolved for failure to comply with this Act
Source: Preamble
Property and rights forfeited to the Crown may be recovered under this Act
Source: Section 1
Property and rights forfeited to the Crown may be recovered under this Act
Source: Section 1
Property and rights forfeited to the Crown may be recovered under this Act in mining-related matters
Source: Section 1
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