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Bill 6, Foreign Credentials Advisory Committee Act, 2022

Collard, Lucille

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill enacts the Foreign Credentials Advisory Committee

Act, 2022 .

The

Bill establishes the Foreign Credentials Advisory Committee to review the

legislation and other rules that govern the recognition of foreign credentials

in Ontario, make recommendations on how to improve the recognition of foreign

credentials in Ontario and make any other recommendations to make Ontario more

prosperous and more inclusive with respect to the recognition of foreign

credentials.

The

Committee is required to provide its recommendations in a report to the

Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, which must be

tabled in the Assembly and published on a government website.

Bill 6 2022

Act to establish an advisory committee for foreign credentials

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definition

this Act,

“Committee”

means the advisory committee established under subsection 2 (1).

Advisory

committee

(1) An

advisory committee is established under the name Foreign Credentials Advisory

in French.

Membership

(2) The

Committee shall be composed of no more than 12 members and shall consist of the

following:

1. Three

persons appointed by the Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism.

2. Three

persons appointed by the Minister of Colleges and Universities.

3. Three

persons appointed by the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and

Trade.

4. Three

persons appointed by the Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills

Development.

Chair

(3) The

Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development shall

designate one of the members of the Committee as the chair of the Committee.

Rules

(4) The

Committee may make rules governing the conduct and administration of its

affairs.

Mandate

(5) The

Committee shall,

(

a) review

the legislation and other rules that govern the recognition of foreign

credentials in Ontario;

(

b) make

recommendations on how to improve the recognition of foreign credentials in

Ontario; and

(

c) make

any other recommendations to make Ontario more prosperous and more inclusive

with respect to the recognition of foreign credentials.

Reports

(6) The

Committee shall provide its recommendations in a report to the Minister of Labour,

Immigration, Training and Skills Development within one year after the day this

Act comes into force.

Publication

(7) The

Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development shall table

the report in the Assembly and shall publish the report on a Government of

Ontario website.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day that is three months after the day this

Act receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Foreign Credentials

Advisory Committee Act, 2022 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

August 10, 2022

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

August 10, 2022

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

August 10, 2022

Carried

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