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Bill 4 explained in plain English

Metrolinx Amendment Act, 2014

Transportation & Infrastructure

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

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At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
41st Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 4
Full title
Metrolinx Amendment Act, 2014
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
Jul 7, 2014
Sponsor
Cheri DiNovo

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
Carried
Latest Activity
Jul 7, 2014
Sponsor
Cheri DiNovo
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 4, the Metrolinx Amendment Act, 2014, requires Metrolinx to ensure passenger rail to Toronto Pearson Airport is not diesel-powered.

What It Means

This bill amends the Metrolinx Act, 2006, to require Metrolinx to ensure that any passenger railway system built between downtown Toronto and Toronto Pearson International Airport does not use diesel fuel. The bill also specifies its short title as the Metrolinx Amendment Act, 2014, and states that it comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • It requires Metrolinx to ensure that any passenger railway system established between downtown Toronto and Toronto Pearson International Airport is not powered by diesel fuel.
  • It provides the short title of the Act as the Metrolinx Amendment Act, 2014.
  • It states that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Metrolinx
  • The public using or potentially using a passenger railway system between downtown Toronto and Toronto Pearson International Airport
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Metrolinx has an obligation to ensure the specified passenger railway system is not powered by diesel fuel.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify what happens if Metrolinx fails to ensure the railway is not diesel-powered, nor does it detail the process for establishing the railway system itself.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Metrolinx Act, 2006
amends

Adds a new section (5.1) requiring Metrolinx to ensure that any passenger railway system established between downtown Toronto and Toronto Pearson International Airport is not powered by diesel fuel.

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
Jul 7, 2014
Step 2
Second reading
Not reached yet
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
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
Cheri DiNovo
Sponsor party or district not listed
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.

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