Bill PR8 explained in plain English
Thistletown Lions Club Act, 2025
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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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.
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The Thistletown Lions Club Act, 2025, revives the Thistletown Lions Club, restoring its legal status and property as if it had not been dissolved.
This private bill, known as the Thistletown Lions Club Act, 2025, revives the Thistletown Lions Club. The club was dissolved in 2009 for failing to comply with information filing requirements under the Corporations Act. The bill states that the default was unintentional and that the club has continued to operate. The revival restores the club to its legal status as if it had not been dissolved, including its property, rights, and obligations, unless other people have gained rights since its dissolution. The Act came into effect when it received Royal Assent.
- It revives the Thistletown Lions Club, restoring it to its legal position.
- It restores the club's property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
- It makes the revival effective as of the date the club was dissolved, unless rights have been acquired by others since then.
- It specifies that the Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Thistletown Lions Club
- George Bonenfant (applicant and former director)
- The public (regarding rights acquired after the club's dissolution)
- The Thistletown Lions Club is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
- The Thistletown Lions Club is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as of its dissolution date.
- Rights acquired by any person after the club's dissolution are preserved.
- Dissolution date of Thistletown Lions Club: October 6, 2009
- Date the Act received Royal Assent and came into force: December 11, 2025
- The bill does not specify what steps, if any, will be taken to re-register the Thistletown Lions Club with relevant government bodies.
- The bill states the revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution, but it does not detail how those rights will be identified or managed.
The Thistletown Lions Club was dissolved under this Act for failing to comply with the Corporations Information Act.
Source: Preamble
The Thistletown Lions Club was dissolved for failing to comply with this Act.
Source: Preamble
This Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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