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Bill PR8 explained in plain English

1748317 Ontario Inc. 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 PR8
Full title
1748317 Ontario Inc. Act, 2023
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Mar 2, 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
Mar 2, 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 PR8 revives the dissolved corporation 1748317 Ontario Inc. and restores it to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved.

What It Means

This is a private bill specific to one corporation. It revives 1748317 Ontario Inc., which was voluntarily dissolved on July 28, 2016 under the Business Corporations Act. The bill restores the corporation to the legal position it had at the time of its dissolution, including all its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts. The revival was requested by Gail Drury, who is the estate trustee of Gordon David Drury's estate. Gordon David Drury was the sole director when the corporation was dissolved. The applicant wants to revive the corporation to deal with certain property that was held in the corporation's name. The bill came into force on March 2, 2023, the date it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives 1748317 Ontario Inc., a corporation that was voluntarily dissolved on July 28, 2016
  • Restores the corporation to its legal position as it existed on the date of dissolution, including all property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts
  • Permits the corporation's representatives to deal with property that was held in the corporation's name at the time of dissolution
  • Comes into force on March 2, 2023 (the date of Royal Assent)
Who Is Affected
  • 1748317 Ontario Inc. (the revived corporation)
  • Gail Drury (applicant and estate trustee of Gordon David Drury's estate)
  • Gordon David Drury's estate (the former sole director of the corporation)
  • Any persons or entities with property, contractual rights, or claims related to 1748317 Ontario Inc.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The revived corporation is restored to all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises as they existed on the date of dissolution
  • The revived corporation is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as they existed on the date of dissolution
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution (meaning third parties who may have acquired rights in the interim are protected)
Important Dates
  • July 28, 2016 - Date the corporation was voluntarily dissolved
  • March 2, 2023 - Royal Assent date and commencement date of this Act
  • November 3, 2022 - First reading of Bill PR8
  • March 1, 2023 - Second and third readings of Bill PR8
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill states the revival is 'subject to any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution.' The bill does not detail what specific rights might exist or how they would be determined in practice.
  • The bill does not specify what 'certain property' the applicant wants to deal with, nor does it describe the nature or value of that property.
  • The bill does not provide details on whether there are any claims, liabilities, or debts associated with the corporation that may affect its revival or the estate's ability to manage it.
  • The bill does not describe any process for resolving potential conflicts between the corporation's restoration and third-party rights acquired after dissolution.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act
affected

This bill revives a corporation that was previously dissolved under the Business Corporations Act. The revival operates as an exception to the normal dissolution process under that Act.

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
Nov 3, 2022
Step 2
Second reading
Mar 1, 2023
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Mar 1, 2023
Step 5
Royal assent
Mar 2, 2023

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
Andrea Khanjin
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Barrie—Innisfil
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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