Bill 133 explained in plain English
Buy in Canada for Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2019
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This Ontario bill requires public bodies purchasing mass transit vehicles to prioritize bids that include at least 60% Canadian content in materials, labour, overhead, and profit, and ensure final assembly takes place in Canada.
Bill 133, the Buy in Canada for Mass Transit Vehicles Act, 2019, requires that when certain Ontario public bodies purchase mass transit vehicles, bids must meet specific conditions related to Canadian content and final assembly. These conditions aim to promote Canadian manufacturing and jobs. The Act defines 'mass transit vehicles' and 'transit body,' and outlines requirements for bids to be considered eligible for contracts. It also includes an audit requirement to ensure compliance. The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Requires that bids for mass transit vehicles by designated public bodies meet specific Canadian content and final assembly requirements to be considered eligible.
- Sets a minimum of 60% of the bid price related to materials, overhead, labour, and profit to originate in Canada.
- Mandates that the final assembly of mass transit vehicles must occur in Canada.
- Defines 'mass transit vehicles' to include various types of public transportation vehicles such as rail cars, subway cars, light rail vehicles, street cars, and buses.
- Defines 'transit body' to include the Crown in right of Ontario, ministries, Crown agencies, and municipalities receiving financial assistance for mass transit vehicle purchases.
- Requires transit bodies to audit the production of mass transit vehicles to ensure compliance with the Canadian content and assembly conditions.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Ontario public bodies purchasing mass transit vehicles (defined as 'transit bodies', including the Crown, ministries, Crown agencies, and certain municipalities).
- Manufacturers and suppliers of mass transit vehicles bidding on contracts with these public bodies.
- Transit bodies are obligated to require bids to meet Canadian content and final assembly conditions to be eligible.
- Transit bodies are obligated to audit the production process for compliance.
- Bidders must ensure at least 60% of the bid price related to materials, overhead, labour, and profit originates in Canada.
- Bidders must ensure final assembly of the vehicles takes place in Canada.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Act requires transit bodies to audit production for compliance, but it does not specify penalties for non-compliance.
- The bill does not specify what happens if a bid does not meet the conditions, beyond stating it would not be eligible for consideration.
- The bill does not outline specific penalties or consequences for a transit body failing to conduct the required audit or for a supplier failing to comply with the Canadian content or assembly requirements.
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