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Bill PR17 explained in plain English

Ludger Michel Estates Limited Act, 2025

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR17
Full title
Ludger Michel Estates Limited Act, 2025
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 11, 2025
Sponsor

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.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Dec 11, 2025
Sponsor
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 PR17, the Ludger Michel Estates Limited Act, 2025, revives the dissolved corporation Ludger Michel Estates Limited and restores it to its former legal standing.

What It Means

This Act revives Ludger Michel Estates Limited. The corporation was dissolved on March 24, 2021. The Act restores the corporation to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts. This is subject to any rights that have been acquired by any person since its dissolution. The revival is in response to an application by Gerald Michel, who was a director when the corporation was dissolved, to collect money owed to it.

What This Bill Does
  • It revives Ludger Michel Estates Limited.
  • It restores Ludger Michel Estates Limited to its legal position as it was before it was dissolved.
  • It makes the corporation subject to any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution.
  • It makes the corporation subject to all its previous liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • It states that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
  • It provides the short title of the Act as the Ludger Michel Estates Limited Act, 2025.
Who Is Affected
  • Ludger Michel Estates Limited
  • Gerald Michel
  • Persons who acquired rights after the dissolution of Ludger Michel Estates Limited.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Ludger Michel Estates Limited is restored to all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Ludger Michel Estates Limited remains subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The Act states that the revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the dissolution of Ludger Michel Estates Limited. The specific nature or extent of these pre-existing rights is not detailed in the bill.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Ludger Michel Estates Limited
revived

The corporation Ludger Michel Estates Limited is revived and returned to its legal state as if it had not been dissolved, including its assets and liabilities.

Source: Section 1

Commencement
commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Source: Section 2

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
Oct 20, 2025
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 10, 2025
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 10, 2025
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 11, 2025

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
Jamie West
New Democratic Party of Ontario | Sudbury
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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