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Bill PR24 explained in plain English

1505756 Ontario Inc. Act, 2026

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 PR24
Full title
1505756 Ontario Inc. Act, 2026
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Apr 15, 2026

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
Apr 15, 2026
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 PR24 revives the corporation 1505756 Ontario Inc., which was voluntarily dissolved in September 2024, restoring it to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved.

What It Means

Bill PR24 is a private members' bill that brings a dissolved Ontario corporation back into legal existence. The corporation, 1505756 Ontario Inc., was voluntarily dissolved under the Business Corporations Act on September 5, 2024. Arnold Diker, who was a director and officer of the corporation at the time, applied for this special legislation to revive the corporation so he can deal with property that the corporation owned when it was dissolved. The bill restores the corporation to its full legal position, including all its property, rights, and franchises, as well as all its liabilities, contracts, and debts, as they existed on the date of dissolution. However, the bill notes that this revival is subject to any rights that other people may have acquired after the corporation was dissolved. The bill came into force on April 15, 2026, when it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives 1505756 Ontario Inc., a corporation that was voluntarily dissolved on September 5, 2024
  • Restores the corporation to its full legal position, including all property, rights, privileges, and franchises it held at the time of dissolution
  • Restores the corporation subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as they existed on the date of dissolution
  • Allows the corporation to deal with property that was held in its name at the time of dissolution
  • Subjects the revival to any rights that may have been acquired by other persons after the corporation's dissolution
Who Is Affected
  • 1505756 Ontario Inc. (the revived corporation)
  • Arnold Diker (the applicant and former director and officer of the corporation)
  • Any person who may have acquired rights to the corporation's property or assets after its dissolution on September 5, 2024
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The revived corporation is restored to all its rights, privileges, and franchises as of the date of dissolution
  • The revived corporation assumes all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as of the date of dissolution
  • The corporation can now deal with property that was held in its name at the time of dissolution
  • Any rights acquired by other persons after the dissolution are protected and take priority over the corporation's revival
Important Dates
  • September 5, 2024: Date of voluntary dissolution of 1505756 Ontario Inc.
  • November 19, 2025: First Reading of the bill
  • April 1, 2026: Second Reading and Third Reading of the bill
  • April 15, 2026: Bill received Royal Assent and came into force
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify what property the corporation held at the time of dissolution or what specific property dealings the applicant intends to undertake
  • The bill does not identify what rights may have been acquired by other persons after the dissolution, or how conflicts between the corporation's revival and those acquired rights would be resolved
  • The bill does not explain the legal procedures or timelines for dealing with the corporation's property after revival
  • The scope of 'liabilities, contracts, disabilities and debts' that the corporation assumes is not detailed in the bill
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act
indirectly affected

The bill revives a corporation that was previously dissolved under the Business Corporations Act, creating an exception to the normal consequences of voluntary dissolution under that Act

Source: Preamble

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 19, 2025
Step 2
Second reading
Apr 1, 2026
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Apr 1, 2026
Step 5
Royal assent
Apr 15, 2026

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
Laura Smith
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Thornhill
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

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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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