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Striking gold: Locating legislative intent in Ontario’s Committee Hansard and materials

Mining legislative debates for legislative intent information can be a laborious task. However, finding the answer in Committee Hansard feels like striking gold! Read on as we dig deeper into the history and whereabouts of Committee materials in Ontario.

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 1867-1946 – It’s Online!

Newspaper Hansard, also called Scrapbook Hansard, is a collection of newspaper articles literally clipped from various newspapers reporting on the goings-on in the Legislature from 1841 to 1953 (no official Hansard was produced before 1944).

Myths of Legislative Research: Part 2 – Source Notes and Hansard

We are continuing our mini-series on myths of legislative research this week, focusing on those myths that often surround source notes and Hansard material.

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