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Bill 56 explained in plain English

Fewer Floods, Safer Ontario Act, 2023

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
43rd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 56
Full title
Fewer Floods, Safer Ontario Act, 2023
Current status
Did Not Pass
Latest event
Lost on division
Last updated
Mar 30, 2023

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 43rd 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
Lost on division
Latest Activity
Mar 30, 2023
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

AI-assisted, reviewed before publishing
Short Version

Bill 56 proclaims the fourth week of March as Flooding Awareness Week and requires the government and municipalities to provide flood information to the public through a website and on tax bills.

What It Means

Bill 56, called the Fewer Floods, Safer Ontario Act, 2022, is about raising public awareness of flooding issues in Ontario. The bill does four main things: 1. It designates the fourth week in March each year as "Flooding Awareness Week" in Ontario. 2. It requires the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to create and maintain a government website with four types of information: what Ontarians can do to prepare for floods in their area; information about preventative measures to help prevent or reduce floods; a guide to publicly available resources about flooding risks in Ontario; and answers to frequently asked questions about flooding risks. 3. It requires the Minister to mail information about flooding (as described on the website) to every household in territories without municipal organization before the end of each year. 4. It requires municipalities to include flood information materials with tax bills they send to taxpayers. This applies to the City of Toronto (through changes to the City of Toronto Act) and all other Ontario municipalities (through changes to the Municipal Act). The bill's stated goal is to increase public knowledge and understanding of flooding risks, particularly for people with basements in areas prone to flooding. The bill notes that flooding is now Canada's costliest climate issue and that basement floods cost an average of $43,000.

Uncertainties Or Limits
  • This draft was normalized from a partial local-model response and must be reviewed before publication.

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
Dec 7, 2022
Step 2
Second reading
Mar 30, 2023
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

Yes
33
No
64
Abstain
0
Absent / Other
0
Final recorded vote
Mar 30, 2023
97 representative positions are recorded in this official snapshot for this vote.
Sponsor
Mary-Margaret McMahon
Ontario Liberal Party | Beaches—East York
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

Representative Voting Breakdown

Vote badges include text labels so the table stays readable for everyone, even without color cues alone.

RepresentativeRoleRidingPartyVoteNotes
MPPBeaches—East YorkOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDon Valley EastOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPParkdale—High ParkNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHaldimand—NorfolkIndependentYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWaterlooNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOttawa West—NepeanNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSpadina—Fort YorkNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough SouthwestNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNickel BeltNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMushkegowuk—James BayNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSudburyNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNiagara CentreNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOshawaNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPUniversity—RosedaleNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPToronto—St. Paul'sNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOttawa SouthOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPTimiskaming—CochraneNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWindsor WestNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPThunder Bay—Superior NorthNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDavenportNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPGuelphGreen Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough—GuildwoodOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHamilton MountainNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLondon WestNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPToronto—DanforthNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHamilton West—Ancaster—DundasNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHamilton CentreIndependentYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKiiwetinoongNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDon Valley WestOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKingston and the IslandsOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLondon North CentreNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLondon—FanshaweNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNiagara FallsNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrampton WestProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPEssexProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMarkham—UnionvilleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSimcoe—GreyProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPEtobicoke—LakeshoreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPRichmond HillProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNewmarket—AuroraProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga—MaltonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOakville North—BurlingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPCarletonIndependentNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrampton EastProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBarrie—InnisfilProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPYork—SimcoeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrampton CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNorthumberland—Peterborough SouthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBarrie—Springwater—Oro-MedonteProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOxfordProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPTimminsProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrampton NorthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPParry Sound—MuskokaProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKenora—Rainy RiverProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPThunder Bay—AtikokanProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPEtobicoke CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHaliburton—Kawartha Lakes—BrockProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHuron—BruceProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPVaughan—WoodbridgeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPAurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond HillProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKitchener—ConestogaProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga—StreetsvilleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPStormont—Dundas—South GlengarryProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMarkham—StouffvilleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrampton SouthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough NorthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNiagara WestProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWillowdaleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOakvilleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKing—VaughanProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLeeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau LakesProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDurhamProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNipissingProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough—Rouge ParkProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKitchener South—HespelerProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLanark—Frontenac—KingstonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPRenfrew—Nipissing—PembrokeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga East—CooksvilleIndependentNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPThornhillProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMarkham—ThornhillProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWhitbyProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPYork South—WestonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLambton—Kent—MiddlesexProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBurlingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMiltonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPAjaxProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHastings—Lennox and AddingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBruce—Grey—Owen SoundProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSarnia—LambtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPEglinton—LawrenceProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSault Ste. MarieProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga—LakeshoreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga—Erin MillsProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBay of QuinteProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrantford—BrantProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.

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