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Bill PR18 explained in plain English

2163694 Ontario Ltd. Act, 2025

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR18
Full title
2163694 Ontario Ltd. Act, 2025
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 11, 2025

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 44th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Dec 11, 2025
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

Bill PR18 revives the corporation 2163694 Ontario Ltd. to its legal position as of its dissolution date, allowing it to deal with its former property.

What It Means

This private bill, the 2163694 Ontario Ltd. Act, 2025, allows for the revival of a corporation named 2163694 Ontario Ltd. The corporation was dissolved on September 19, 2024, under the Business Corporations Act. Denise Caron, who was the sole director and shareholder, applied for this special legislation to deal with property that was in the corporation's name when it was dissolved. The Act restores the corporation to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved, subject to any rights acquired by others after its dissolution.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives the corporation 2163694 Ontario Ltd.
  • Restores the corporation to its legal position as of the date of its dissolution, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • Specifies that the revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • 2163694 Ontario Ltd. (the corporation)
  • Denise Caron (applicant, former sole director and shareholder)
  • Persons who acquired rights after the dissolution of 2163694 Ontario Ltd.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The revived corporation retains its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts from before its dissolution.
  • The revival is subject to the rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The corporation 2163694 Ontario Ltd. was dissolved on September 19, 2024.
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent, which was December 11, 2025.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The extent of 'rights acquired by any person after its dissolution' is not detailed in the Act.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
2163694 Ontario Ltd.
revived

The corporation 2163694 Ontario Ltd. is revived and restored to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, subject to rights acquired by others after its dissolution.

Source: Section 1

Business Corporations Act
dissolution cited

This Act refers to the Business Corporations Act as the law under which 2163694 Ontario Ltd. was dissolved on September 19, 2024.

Source: Preamble

Commencement provision
comes into force

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

Source: Section 2

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
Oct 28, 2025
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 10, 2025
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 10, 2025
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 11, 2025

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
Stephen Blais
Ontario Liberal Party | Orléans
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.

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.

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