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Bill 69 explained in plain English

Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 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 69
Full title
Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
May 18, 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
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
May 18, 2023
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 69 amends Ontario infrastructure-related statutes to allow the Minister to waive environmental assessment waiting periods and to prevent prescribed entities from holding real property interests without Crown control.

What It Means

Bill 69 makes changes to several Ontario laws that deal with infrastructure. The bill has two main parts. First, it changes the Environmental Assessment Act. Normally, projects must wait a certain number of days after a public comment period ends before they can proceed. The bill allows the Minister of Infrastructure to issue an order that removes this waiting requirement for a specific project, but only after the comment period has ended. The bill also repeals some outdated rules from 2020. Second, the bill adds new rules to the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011. It creates a power for the Minister to prescribe (name) certain organizations or entities that will no longer be allowed to own or control land, buildings, structures, or interests in them. When a regulation naming an entity comes into force, any property that entity already owned is automatically transferred to the Crown (the government) and placed under the Minister's control. The regulations can allow exceptions and may be applied retroactively. The bill also updates several related statutes (including laws governing AgriCorp, the Arts Council, skills trades organizations, the Ontario Financing Authority, education oversight, financial regulators, fire safety, human rights, and securities regulation) to make clear they are subject to these new property restrictions. The bill received Royal Assent on May 18, 2023, and most of it came into force immediately. Schedule 2 comes into force on a date to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

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
Feb 27, 2023
Step 2
Second reading
Apr 17, 2023
Step 3
Committee review
Apr 17, 2023
Step 4
Third reading
Apr 25, 2023
Step 5
Royal assent
May 18, 2023

Vote Summary

Yes
78
No
27
Abstain
0
Absent / Other
0
Final recorded vote
Mar 6, 2023
105 representative positions are recorded in this official snapshot for this vote.
Sponsor
Kinga Surma
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Etobicoke Centre
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

Representative Voting Breakdown

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

RepresentativeRoleRidingPartyVoteNotes
MPPDon Valley EastOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrampton WestProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWindsor—TecumsehProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPEssexProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough—AgincourtProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMarkham—UnionvilleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHaldimand—NorfolkIndependentYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPCambridgeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSimcoe—GreyProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPRichmond HillProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNewmarket—AuroraProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga—MaltonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOakville North—BurlingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPCarletonIndependentYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrampton EastProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBarrie—InnisfilProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPYork—SimcoeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrampton CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNorthumberland—Peterborough SouthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPFlamborough—GlanbrookProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBarrie—Springwater—Oro-MedonteProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOxfordProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPParry Sound—MuskokaProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSimcoe NorthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPEtobicoke CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHaliburton—Kawartha Lakes—BrockProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHuron—BruceProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPVaughan—WoodbridgeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPAurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond HillProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPYork CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKitchener—ConestogaProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHamilton East—Stoney CreekProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga—StreetsvilleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPStormont—Dundas—South GlengarryProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMarkham—StouffvilleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPPickering—UxbridgeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrampton SouthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough NorthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPElgin—Middlesex—LondonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNiagara WestProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWillowdaleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOakvilleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKing—VaughanProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDufferin—CaledonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDurhamProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPChatham-Kent—LeamingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNipissingProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough—Rouge ParkProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKitchener South—HespelerProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLanark—Frontenac—KingstonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPRenfrew—Nipissing—PembrokeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga East—CooksvilleIndependentYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPThornhillProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNepeanProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMarkham—ThornhillProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWhitbyProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOttawa—VanierOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBeaches—East YorkOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPPerth—WellingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKanata—CarletonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPYork South—WestonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLambton—Kent—MiddlesexProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBurlingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMiltonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPAjaxProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHastings—Lennox and AddingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBruce—Grey—Owen SoundProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSarnia—LambtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPEglinton—LawrenceProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga—LakeshoreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga—Erin MillsProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPGlengarry—Prescott—RussellProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOrléansOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKingston and the IslandsOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDon Valley NorthIndependentYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrantford—BrantProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPParkdale—High ParkNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWaterlooNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOttawa West—NepeanNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSpadina—Fort YorkNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough SouthwestNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNickel BeltNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSudburyNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNiagara CentreNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSt. CatharinesNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOshawaNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPUniversity—RosedaleNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPToronto—St. Paul'sNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOttawa CentreNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPTimiskaming—CochraneNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPToronto CentreNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWindsor WestNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPThunder Bay—Superior NorthNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDavenportNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPGuelphGreen Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHamilton MountainNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLondon WestNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPToronto—DanforthNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHamilton West—Ancaster—DundasNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLondon North CentreNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLondon—FanshaweNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHumber River—Black CreekNew Democratic Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNiagara FallsNew Democratic 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