Bill 95 explained in plain English
Supply Act, 2026
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 95 authorizes Ontario to spend approximately $222.8 billion for government operations, capital investments, and legislative office expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.
Bill 95 is a Supply Act that authorizes the Ontario government to spend money for the fiscal year from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026. It approves three categories of spending: (1) amounts up to $213.95 billion for day-to-day operating expenses and capital costs for government ministries and programs listed in Schedule A; (2) amounts up to $8.42 billion for government investments in capital assets, loans, and other investments listed in Schedule B; and (3) amounts up to $406.09 million for expenses of Legislative Offices (the Assembly, Auditor General, Chief Electoral Officer, and Ombudsman Ontario) listed in Schedule C. The Act allows money to be paid from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or recognized as non-cash expenses and investments according to the estimates. The Act also repeals the Interim Appropriation for 2025-2026 Act, 2024 and the Supplementary Interim Appropriation for 2025-2026 Act, 2025, and the Supply Act itself is repealed effective April 1, 2027.
- Authorizes spending of up to $213.95 billion from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ontario government ministries and public service operating and capital expenses for the fiscal year April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, as detailed in Schedule A
- Authorizes spending of up to $8.42 billion from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for public service investments in capital assets, loans, and other investments for the same fiscal year, as detailed in Schedule B
- Authorizes spending of up to $406.09 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Legislative Offices expenses (Assembly, Auditor General, Chief Electoral Officer, and Ombudsman Ontario) for the same fiscal year, as detailed in Schedule C
- Allows expenditures to be made as non-cash expenses and non-cash investments as defined in the Financial Administration Act
- Permits any ministry to incur or recognize an expenditure in the votes and items of the estimates if it has been given responsibility for that program or activity during the fiscal year
- Repeals the Interim Appropriation for 2025-2026 Act, 2024 and the Supplementary Interim Appropriation for 2025-2026 Act, 2025
- Provides that the Supply Act itself is repealed effective April 1, 2027
- All Ontario government ministries and public service agencies that receive authorization to spend money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026
- The Office of the Assembly
- The Office of the Auditor General
- The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
- Ombudsman Ontario
- Members of the public who depend on government services and programs funded through this appropriation
- Government ministries are authorized to incur or recognize expenditures within the amounts specified in Schedule A, Schedule B, and Schedule C for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026
- Expenditures must be applied in accordance with the votes and items of the estimates
- Any ministry can incur or recognize an expenditure through the Crown if it has been given responsibility for the program or activity during the fiscal year
- Money must be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund or recognized as non-cash expenses and investments
- April 1, 2025: The fiscal year covered by this Supply Act begins
- March 31, 2026: The fiscal year covered by this Supply Act ends
- April 1, 2027: Section 4 (self-repeal) of this Act comes into force
- April 15, 2026: Bill 95 received Royal Assent
- Authorization for spending up to $213,952,841,200 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for public service operating and capital expenses
- Authorization for spending up to $8,421,348,400 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for public service capital investments, loans, and other investments
- Authorization for spending up to $406,088,900 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Legislative Offices expenses
- Total authorized spending: $222,780,278,500 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026
- The bill text does not explain the specific programs or services funded within each ministry's allocation
- The bill does not provide details about how individual spending decisions will be made or prioritized within the authorized amounts
- The bill does not specify what happens to unspent amounts authorized by the Act
- The specific purposes for capital investments listed in Schedule B are not detailed in the Act itself
This temporary appropriation act is no longer in effect; replaced by this Supply Act
Source: Section 5
This supplementary temporary appropriation act is no longer in effect; replaced by this Supply Act
Source: Section 5
Definitions of 'non-cash expense' and 'non-cash investment' are taken from this Act
Source: Section 1
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