House of Bills: An Update of Ontario Bills

Since our last House of Bills update (when the Lieutenant Governor dissolved the 2nd Session of the 42nd Parliament), the Legislature was scheduled to return on September 12. However, the Legislature has convened early, thus commencing the 1st Session of the 43rd Parliament as of yesterday, Aug 8. This also marks the return of our weekly House of Bills updates! For details on our House of Bills blog series, read on:

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Ready for Regulations, Part I: Updating Regulations Online

We previously published a blog post on deciphering legislative source notes (or breadcrumbs) to help you discern changes made to regulations over time. Today we’re introducing a three-part series about finding tools for your regulations research!   

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Editorial changes in Revised Statutes

Occasionally you may see minor changes in the wording of your statute provision with little or no explanation. Perhaps there are no amendment breadcrumbs to follow, or you may simply see the word “revised” among the source notes. What gives?

This post will cover the status and history of non-substantive changes made to Ontario revised statutes and Federal revised statutes, and address how researchers can detect them. 

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