Bill 73 explained in plain English
Supporting Ontario's Community, Rural and Agricultural Newspapers Act, 2023
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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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.
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Bill 73 amends several Ontario Acts to allow legal notices to be published in newspapers that print up to monthly, instead of weekly, to support community newspapers.
Bill 73, the Supporting Ontario's Community, Rural and Agricultural Newspapers Act, 2023, proposes to change the definition of "newspaper" in several Ontario acts. Currently, some acts require notices to be published in newspapers that are published at least weekly. This bill would allow these notices to be published in newspapers that are published up to once a month. This aims to help community, rural, and agricultural newspapers that may be forced to reduce their publication frequency due to rising costs.
- Amends the definition of "newspaper" in several Ontario Acts to include publications issued at regular intervals of a month or less.
- Allows for the publication of certain notices in newspapers with a monthly publication frequency.
- Aims to support community, rural, and agricultural newspapers facing increased production costs.
- Community, rural, and agricultural newspapers in Ontario
- Municipalities
- The public who rely on local newspapers for information
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill text does not specify which specific regulations within the amended Acts will be affected by the new definition of "newspaper".
- While the bill states it amends Acts where notices are required to be published in a newspaper, it does not list all such instances beyond those covered by the definition changes.
Changes the definition of "newspaper" in section 232 to allow publications issued at regular intervals of a month or less.
Source: Section 1
Amends section 12 to allow councils to publish notices in newspapers issued at regular intervals of a month or less, if regulations require newspaper publication.
Source: Section 2
Amends section 1 to define "newspaper" in the regulations as a document published at regular intervals of a month or less.
Source: Section 3
Amends subsection 1 (1) to define "newspaper" as a document published at regular intervals of a month or less.
Source: Section 4
Amends section 1 to define "newspaper" as a document published at regular intervals of a month or less.
Source: Section 5
Amends section 1 to define "newspaper" in the regulations as a document published at regular intervals of a month or less.
Source: Section 6
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