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Bill 98 explained in plain English

Child Care and Early Years Amendment Act (Not-for-Profit Corporations), 2017

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, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 98
Full title
Child Care and Early Years Amendment Act (Not-for-Profit Corporations), 2017
Current status
Did Not Pass
Latest event
Lost on division
Last updated
Mar 2, 2017

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Lost on division
Latest Activity
Mar 2, 2017
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 98 amends the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 to ensure that only not-for-profit corporations can receive funding for child care and early years programs and services, with an exception for existing agreements.

What It Means

This bill amends the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014. It adds a new section that states that only not-for-profit corporations can receive funding for child care and early years programs and services. This rule does not apply to funding agreements that were already in place before this new section came into effect. The bill also includes a commencement provision stating it comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent, and sets out its short title as the Child Care and Early Years Amendment Act (Not-for-Profit Corporations), 2017.

What This Bill Does
  • Amends the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014.
  • Adds a new provision limiting eligibility for funding for child care and early years programs and services to not-for-profit corporations.
  • Specifies that existing funding agreements are not affected by this change.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Corporations that provide child care and early years programs and services.
  • Not-for-profit corporations.
  • The Ministry responsible for administering the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Corporations must be not-for-profit to be eligible for funding for child care and early years programs and services, unless they have an existing funding agreement.
  • Existing funding agreements for child care and early years programs and services remain unaffected.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent.
  • The bill does not define what constitutes a 'not-for-profit corporation' beyond the implication that it is not for profit.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014
amends

Adds a new section (1.1) that restricts funding for child care and early years programs and services to not-for-profit corporations.

Source: Section 1

Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014
amends

Introduces a condition that a corporation must be a not-for-profit corporation to receive funding for child care and early years programs and services.

Source: Section 1.1 (1)

Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014
amends

Provides an exception to the new funding restriction, stating that existing funding agreements are not affected.

Source: Section 1.1 (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
Feb 28, 2017
Step 2
Second reading
Mar 2, 2017
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 does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
Catherine Fife
New Democratic Party of Ontario | Waterloo
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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