Bill 92 explained in plain English
Ontario Consumer Watchdog Act, 2025
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 92, the Ontario Consumer Watchdog Act, 2025, mandates the development and implementation of a plan to establish an independent consumer watchdog organization in Ontario.
This bill, called the Ontario Consumer Watchdog Act, 2025, requires the Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery (or another assigned minister) to create and put into action a plan to establish an independent organization. This organization would be responsible for overseeing consumer protection in Ontario. The plan must outline the steps to create the organization, its powers and duties (such as investigating businesses, handling complaints, and educating the public), and how it will work with other regulatory bodies. The Minister must publish this plan online and report on its progress to the Legislative Assembly within six months of the plan being developed. The bill comes into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Requires the Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery (or another minister assigned responsibility) to develop and implement a plan to establish an independent consumer watchdog organization.
- Specifies that the plan must outline the steps to create the organization, its powers and duties, and its role in relation to other regulatory bodies.
- Requires the Minister to consult with stakeholders and the public when developing the plan.
- Mandates the publication of the plan on a government website.
- Requires the Minister to prepare and table a progress report on the plan in the Legislative Assembly within six months of the plan's development.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery (or assigned minister).
- Relevant stakeholders.
- The public.
- Businesses and other entities operating in Ontario.
- Consumers in Ontario.
- Other regulatory bodies in Ontario.
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
- The Minister has a duty to develop and implement a plan to establish a consumer watchdog organization.
- The plan must detail the organization's powers and duties, including investigating businesses, handling complaints, and educating consumers.
- The Minister must publish the plan on a government website.
- The Minister must table a progress report on the plan in the Legislative Assembly within six months of the plan's development.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- A progress report must be tabled in the Legislative Assembly within six months after the plan to establish the organization is developed.
- The plan for the consumer watchdog organization may include powers to administer penalties to businesses or other entities that fail to comply with consumer protection laws or practices.
- The bill does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, only that the Act comes into force on that day.
- The bill does not specify the exact composition or structure of the consumer watchdog organization, only that it should be independent and oversee consumer protection.
- The specific powers and duties of the organization are to be detailed in the plan developed by the Minister, not fully defined in the bill itself, beyond general categories.
- The bill does not detail the specific process or timeline for the development of the plan itself, only the reporting timeline after it is developed.
- The bill does not specify which other regulatory bodies the consumer watchdog organization will interact with or how its decisions will prevail over theirs, beyond stating this will be part of the plan.
This Act will become law on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 6
The plan for the consumer watchdog organization may include powers and duties from these Acts being assumed by the new organization.
Source: Section 3, content of plan, paragraph 2, subparagraph xii
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