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Bill PR38 explained in plain English

Ontario Wildlife Holdings & Sanctuary Corp. 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 PR38
Full title
Ontario Wildlife Holdings & Sanctuary Corp. Act, 2025
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Jun 2, 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
Jun 2, 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 PR38 revives Ontario Wildlife Holdings & Sanctuary Corp., restoring it to its legal status before its dissolution in 2022, to allow it to manage its former real property.

What It Means

This Act revives the corporation Ontario Wildlife Holdings & Sanctuary Corp. The corporation was voluntarily dissolved on December 22, 2022. Reviving it means the corporation is restored to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, including its property, rights, privileges, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts. This is done to allow the corporation to deal with real property that was in its name when it was dissolved. The Act comes into force the day it receives Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives Ontario Wildlife Holdings & Sanctuary Corp.
  • Restores the corporation to its legal position as it was before its dissolution.
  • Makes the corporation subject to its previous liabilities, contracts, and debts.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Ontario Wildlife Holdings & Sanctuary Corp.
  • Carlo Mauti (applicant, former officer, director, and shareholder of the corporation)
  • Persons who acquired rights after the corporation's dissolution.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The revived corporation is subject to any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution.
  • The revived corporation is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as of the date of its dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The corporation was voluntarily dissolved on December 22, 2022.
  • This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Ontario Wildlife Holdings & Sanctuary Corp. Act, 2025
commencement

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

Source: Section 2

Business Corporations Act
revival

The Act revives Ontario Wildlife Holdings & Sanctuary Corp., which was previously dissolved under this 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
Dec 8, 2025
Step 2
Second reading
Jun 2, 2026
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Jun 2, 2026
Step 5
Royal assent
Jun 2, 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
Brian Riddell
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Cambridge
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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