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Bill 205 explained in plain English

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Act (Double-Crested Cormorants), 2016

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
41st Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 205
Full title
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Act (Double-Crested Cormorants), 2016
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly
Last updated
Jun 2, 2016

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st 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
Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly
Latest Activity
Jun 2, 2016
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 205, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Act (Double-Crested Cormorants), 2016, allows for the hunting and trapping of double-crested cormorants in Ontario.

What It Means

This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, to allow for the hunting and trapping of double-crested cormorants in Ontario. The change specifically involves replacing a part of the existing Act to include double-crested cormorants in the list of animals that can be hunted or trapped. The Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Amends the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997.
  • Adds double-crested cormorants to the list of animals that may be hunted or trapped under the Act.
  • Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Hunters and trappers in Ontario
  • Double-crested cormorants
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The Act grants the right to hunt and trap double-crested cormorants.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The text does not specify any regulations or limits on the hunting or trapping of double-crested cormorants beyond their inclusion in the Act.
  • The text does not detail any specific hunting seasons, limits, or methods for double-crested cormorants.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997
amends

Adds double-crested cormorants to the list of animals that may be hunted or trapped.

Source: Section 1

Clause 5 (2) (a) of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997
repeals and substitutes

This specific clause, which listed certain birds, is removed and replaced. The new wording includes double-crested cormorants in the list of birds that can be hunted or trapped.

Source: Section 1

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
May 18, 2016
Step 2
Second reading
Jun 2, 2016
Step 3
Committee review
Jun 2, 2016
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill is still active. We only show vote counts after the legislature publishes a recorded division.

Sponsor
Robert Bailey
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Sarnia—Lambton
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

This bill is still moving through the process. When a recorded division is published, representative positions can be listed here.

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.

How this data is sourced