Bill 18 explained in plain English
Supply Act, 2025
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 44th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 18 authorizes the Province of Ontario to spend approximately $203.6 billion for the 2024-25 fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, covering public service operations and investments, and repeals the interim appropriation acts that previously authorized spending.
Bill 18 is a "Supply Act" for Ontario. It authorizes the provincial government to spend money already allocated for the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2025. The bill approves three types of spending: (1) about $197.1 billion for operating expenses and non-cash expenses of public service ministries (listed in Schedule A); (2) about $6.1 billion for investments in capital assets, loans, and other public service investments (listed in Schedule B); and (3) about $355.4 million for expenses of Legislative Offices including the Office of the Assembly, Auditor General, Chief Electoral Officer, and Ombudsman Ontario (listed in Schedule C). The bill allows these amounts to be paid from Ontario's Consolidated Revenue Fund. The bill also repeals two temporary appropriation acts that were previously used to authorize spending for the 2024-25 fiscal year—the Interim Appropriation for 2024-2025 Act, 2023 and the Supplementary Interim Appropriation for 2024-2025 Act, 2024. The bill itself is set to be repealed on April 1, 2026.
- Authorizes the Province of Ontario to spend up to $197,120,171,300 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for public service expenses and non-cash expenses for the fiscal year from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, as detailed in Schedule A
- Authorizes the Province of Ontario to spend up to $6,080,302,200 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for public service investments in capital assets, loans, and other investments for the fiscal year from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, as detailed in Schedule B
- Authorizes the Province of Ontario to spend up to $355,400,500 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenses of Legislative Offices for the fiscal year from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, as detailed in Schedule C
- Allows expenditures authorized by the estimates to be incurred by any ministry to which responsibility has been assigned during the fiscal year for the relevant program or activity
- Repeals the Interim Appropriation for 2024-2025 Act, 2023 and the Supplementary Interim Appropriation for 2024-2025 Act, 2024
- Repeals Bill 18 itself, effective April 1, 2026
- All Ontario provincial government ministries and public service agencies receiving funding authorized by this act
- Legislative Offices of Ontario (Assembly, Auditor General, Chief Electoral Officer, and Ombudsman Ontario)
- Ontario taxpayers and residents who benefit from or depend on publicly funded services
- The Crown may pay amounts not exceeding the totals specified in Schedules A, B, and C from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for authorized purposes
- Expenditures authorized in the estimates may be incurred by any ministry assigned responsibility for the relevant program or activity during the fiscal year
- April 1, 2024: The fiscal year period for which spending is authorized begins (deemed commencement date for this Act per Section 6(1))
- March 31, 2025: The fiscal year period for which spending is authorized ends
- May 29, 2025: Royal Assent received
- April 1, 2026: Section 4 (repeal of this Act) comes into force; the Act itself expires
- Total authorized expenditure from Consolidated Revenue Fund: approximately $203,555,873,800 (comprising $197.1 billion for public service expenses, $6.1 billion for public service investments, and $355.4 million for Legislative Offices)
- Spending covers the fiscal year from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025
- Amounts may be recognized as non-cash expenses or non-cash investments as defined in the Financial Administration Act
- The bill text does not specify how provincial ministries should prioritize spending within their allocated amounts
- The bill text does not explain the rationale for the specific dollar amounts allocated to each ministry or legislative office
- The bill text does not detail what expenditures or programs are covered by the broad allocations to each ministry
- The schedules do not show which supplementary estimates (if any) were requested or the reasons for variations between operating and capital spending estimates
This temporary act that previously authorized interim spending for the 2024-25 fiscal year is no longer in effect.
Source: Section 5
This supplementary temporary act that previously authorized additional interim spending for the 2024-25 fiscal year is no longer in effect.
Source: Section 5
This act authorizing spending for the 2024-25 fiscal year will automatically repeal itself on April 1, 2026.
Source: Sections 4 and 6(2)
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