Bill 168 explained in plain English
Agencies, Boards and Commissions Sunset Review Act, 2011
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Agencies, Boards and Commissions Sunset Review Act, 2011, established a legislative committee to review the performance of Ontario public bodies and recommend whether they should continue to exist, be reformed, or be dissolved.
This Ontario Act creates the Agencies, Boards and Commissions Sunset Review Act, 2011. It establishes a legislative committee responsible for conducting performance reviews of certain public bodies. The committee is authorized to review agencies, boards, commissions, and other entities that are public bodies under the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, or that are designated by regulation. However, courts and the Legislative Assembly itself are excluded from these reviews. The Act outlines the scope of the reviews, requiring these bodies to report on their mandate, objectives, public service, and value for money, and to make a business case for their existence. The public will have an opportunity to participate in the review process. Based on these reviews, the committee can recommend that a body continue to exist (with or without changes), or that it be dissolved. If the Assembly adopts a recommendation for dissolution, the body will be dissolved on the date specified. The committee will cease to exist five years after the 2011 provincial election.
- Establishes a legislative committee to conduct performance reviews of agencies, boards, and commissions in Ontario.
- Authorizes the committee to review any public body under the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, or any other entity designated by regulation, with exceptions for courts.
- Defines the scope of performance reviews to include mandate, objectives, public interest served, and value for money.
- Requires reviewed bodies to submit reports on their mandate and how they fulfill it, and to provide a business case for their value.
- Includes provisions for public participation in the review process.
- Empowers the committee to recommend that an agency, board, or commission continue to exist (with or without changes), or be dissolved.
- Specifies that if the Legislative Assembly adopts a recommendation for dissolution, the body will be dissolved on the date set.
- States that the committee will cease to exist five years after the 2011 provincial election.
- Agencies, boards, and commissions that are public bodies under the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, or designated by regulation.
- Members of the Legislative Assembly (through the committee process).
- Members of the Executive Council and public servants (who may be called to provide information).
- The public (who may make submissions).
- Courts (excluded from reviews).
- Reviewed bodies are obligated to provide reports on their mandate and how they fulfill it, and to provide a business case demonstrating value.
- Reviewed bodies must provide any other information the committee requires.
- The committee has the right to examine members of the Executive Council or designated public servants.
- The public has the right to make submissions during the review process.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The legislative committee ceases to exist five years after the provincial election in 2011.
- Reviewed bodies must make a business case establishing how they provide value for Ontario families.
- The Act does not specify which specific agencies, boards, or commissions will be designated for review by regulation.
- The Act does not specify the exact timeline for the committee's reviews beyond its dissolution date.
This Act establishes the framework for performance reviews of public bodies.
Source: Explanatory Note
This Act defines which entities are considered public bodies subject to review.
Source: Section 2(1)
The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations to designate additional entities for review.
Source: Section 8
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