Bill PR9 explained in plain English
Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. 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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This Ontario private members' bill revives the dissolved corporation Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. so that its former owner can use it to participate in legal proceedings.
Bill PR9 is a special private bill passed by the Ontario Legislature to bring back a dissolved corporation called Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. Marie Cormier, who was the sole owner and director when the company was dissolved on September 26, 2024, applied for special legislation to revive it. The bill states that the corporation is now revived and restored to the same legal position it had before it was dissolved. This means Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. gets back all its property, rights, and franchises, but it also takes back all its liabilities, contracts, debts, and obligations. However, any rights that other people may have gained after the corporation was dissolved are not affected by this revival. The bill comes into force on the day it received Royal Assent (April 15, 2026). Cormier's stated reason for the revival is to allow the corporation to participate in legal proceedings.
- Revives Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc., a corporation that was voluntarily dissolved on September 26, 2024 under the Business Corporations Act
- Restores the dissolved corporation to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved
- Returns to the revived corporation all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises that it had at the time of dissolution
- Restores all liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts that the corporation had at the time of dissolution
- Preserves any rights that were acquired by other persons after the corporation's dissolution
- Comes into force on April 15, 2026 (the date it received Royal Assent)
- Marie Cormier, the sole director and shareholder of Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. at the time of its dissolution
- Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. itself
- Any creditors, contract parties, or other persons with claims against Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. or rights acquired after its dissolution
- Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. is restored to its legal position and restored to all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises as of the dissolution date
- The revived corporation remains subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as of the dissolution date
- Any rights acquired by other persons after the dissolution are preserved and not affected by the revival
- September 26, 2024: Date Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. was voluntarily dissolved under the Business Corporations Act
- April 15, 2026: Date this Act received Royal Assent and came into force
- The bill does not specify whether Marie Cormier automatically becomes the director and shareholder of the revived corporation or whether additional steps are required
- The bill does not detail what specific legal proceedings the corporation intends to participate in
- The bill does not specify the full extent of the corporation's debts, liabilities, or contracts that are being restored
- The bill does not define or provide details on what 'rights acquired by any person after its dissolution' means or how these rights are to be identified or respected
- It is unclear whether any third parties with claims against the corporation were notified or given an opportunity to object to the revival
The revival of Holy Trinity Restaurant Inc. relates to the Business Corporations Act because the corporation was originally dissolved under that Act. The bill uses special legislation to revive a corporation that had been voluntarily dissolved under that Act's procedures.
Source: Preamble and section 1
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