December 9– December 12 42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill 6, Poet Laureate of Ontario Act (In Memory of Gord Downie), 2019
Third Reading, carried (Dec 12) Royal Assent (Dec 12)
Bill 116, Foundations for Promoting and Protecting Mental Health and Addictions Services Act, 2019
Bill considered by Standing Committee on Social Policy, reported as amended (Dec 10) Third Reading, carried (Dec 11) Royal Assent (Dec 12)
Bill 123, Reserved Parking for Electric Vehicle Charging Act, 2019
Second Reading (Dec 10) Bill considered by Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills, reported asamended (Dec 11) Third Reading, carried (Dec 12) Royal Assent (Dec 12)
Bill 132, Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019
Third Reading, carried on division (Dec 9 & 10) Royal Assent (Dec 10)
Bill 138, Plan to Build Ontario Together Act, 2019
Reported as amended by Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (Dec 9) Third Reading, carried on division (Dec 9 & 10) Royal Assent (Dec 10)
Bill 150, Ensuring Transparency and Integrity in Political Party Elections Act, 2019
Second Reading, carried on division (Dec 12) Ordered referred to Standing Committee on General Government (Dec 12)
Bill 153, Long-Term Care Homes Amendment (Till Death Do Us Part) Act, 2019
Second Reading, carried (Dec 12) Ordered referred to Standing Committee on Justice Policy (Dec 12)
Bill 156, Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2019
Second Reading (Dec 10 & 11)
Bill 159, Rebuilding Consumer Confidence Act, 2019
Order for Second Reading discharged pursuant to Standing Order 74(a) (Dec 11) Ordered referred to Standing Committee on Justice Policy (Dec 11) Bill considered by Standing Committee on Justice Policy (Dec 12)
Bill 160, Education Amendment Act (Use of Seclusion and Physical Restraints), 2019
And with that, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario stands adjourned for their two month winter break. Presently, the legislature is scheduled to resume February 18th, 2020. But the House of Bills series is still going! Be sure to come back next week for a snapshot of the latest stage those bills that have progressed through the House this Fall reached before the winter recess.
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December 2 – December 6 42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill 116, Foundations for Promoting and Protecting Mental Health and Addictions Services Act, 2019
Second Reading, carried (Dec 3) Ordered referred to Standing Committee on Social Policy (Dec 3)
Considered by Standing Committee on Social Policy (Dec 6)
Bill 123, Reserved Parking for Electric Vehicle Charging Act, 2019
Considered by Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills (Dec 4)
Bill 132, Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019
Considered by Standing Committee on General Government, reported as amended (Dec 3 & 4) Third Reading (Dec 5)
Bill 136, Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019
Considered by Standing Committee on Justice Policy, reported as amended (Dec 3) Third Reading, carried (Dec 4 & 5) Royal Assent (Dec 5)
Bill 138, Plan to Build Ontario Together Act, 2019
Considered by Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (Dec 2, 4 & 5)
Bill 144, Northern Health Travel Grant Advisory Committee Act, 2019
Second Reading, carried on division (Dec 5) Ordered referred to Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills (Dec 5)
Bill 154, Stop Cyberbullying in Ontario Day Act, 2019
Second Reading, carried (Dec 5) Ordered referred to Standing Committee on Social Policy (Dec 5)
Law books are not generally known for having interesting titles. Most carry functional but yawn-inducing titles such as Business Law in Ontario. Typically, after a respectable number of editions, a legal author’s name is fused to the topic, as in Chitty on Contracts or Orkin on Costs. And sometimes successive authors of a legal treatise share space in the title – Coke on Littleton, Sullivan and Driedger on the Construction of Statutes, etc.
No such staid conventions exist in the world of non-legal book titles. There’s even an annual prize for the oddest non-fiction book title.
The Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year was first awarded in 1978. The prize was the invention of Trevor Bounford and Bruce Robertson, co-founders of the publishing firm, The Diagram Group. The two dreamed up the prize as a way to relieve boredom while working at the annual Frankfurt Book Fair. The winner of this year’s prize, marking the 41st anniversary, was just announced last week.
The Oddest Book Title contest rules are simple: author and publisher of the winning title receive no tangible prize, only publicity. The nominator of the winning title however receives “a passable bottle of claret”.
1992 – How to Avoid Huge Ships (advice to pleasure boat sailors on the dangers of shipping lanes)
1993 – American Bottom Archaeology (an archaeological history of the Mississippi River Valley)
2004 – Bombproof Your Horse (techniques for training horses to be less easily spooked by the unexpected)
2010 – Managing a Dental Practice: The Genghis Khan Way (practice management tips on “how to build an empire in the dentistry field”)
Surprisingly, at least one legal book has won the dubious honour of oddest book title. In 2001, the prize was awarded to Butterworths Corporate Manslaughter Service, a serious guide for lawyers dealing with corporate liability for manslaughter and fatal accidents.
This discovery inspired Great Library staff members to seek out odd legal titles on our shelves.
Here are our staff’s top picks for oddest legal book titles in the Great Library’s print collection, arranged by category:
