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Bill 275, Supply Chain Management Amendment Act (Provincial Diverse Vendor Strategy), 2021

Fife, Catherine

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Supply Chain Management Act (Government, Broader Public

Sector and Health Sector Entities), 2019 is amended to require the development

and implementation of a Provincial Diverse Vendor Strategy which recognizes the

importance of diversity amongst vendors. New

section 2.1 requires the Standing

Committee on Justice Policy to prepare a report with recommendations relating

to the Strategy. New sections 2.2 and 2.3 require the Minister to adopt a

business case study relating to diverse vendor procurement and to establish a

Diverse Vendor Advisory Board. Sections 2.4 and 2.5 set out the requirements

respecting the Strategy.

Section 2.6 requires the Minister to prepare an annual

report on the Strategy and table the report in the Assembly. Other related

amendments are made.

Bill 275 2021

Act to amend the Supply Chain Management Act

(Government, Broader Public Sector and Health Sector Entities), 2019

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 1 of the Supply Chain Management Act (Government,

Broader Public Sector and Health Sector Entities), 2019 is amended by

adding the following paragraph:

5. To

establish the Provincial Diverse Vendor Strategy in order to promote the use of

diverse vendors and to advance inclusion in supply chain management.

Section 2 of the Act is amended by adding the following definition:

“diverse

vendor” means a vendor business that is at least 51 per cent owned, operated,

managed or controlled by persons who belong to one or more historically

disadvantaged communities; (“fournisseur issu de la diversité”)

The Act is amended by adding the following sections:

Provincial Diverse Vendor Strategy

Select or standing committee recommendations

2.1

(1) The Standing

Committee on Justice Policy shall prepare a report with recommendations relating

to the Provincial Diverse Vendor Strategy.

Timing

of report

(2) No

later than six months after this

section comes into force, the Standing

Committee on Justice Policy shall deliver the report to the Minister.

Business

case study

2.2 No later than six

months after this

section comes into force, the Minister shall adopt a business

case study in relation to diverse vendor procurement.

Diverse

Vendor Advisory Board

2.3

(1) No later

than one month after the Standing Committee on Justice Policy delivers its

report, the Minister shall establish a Diverse Vendor Advisory Board to assist

with the development of the Provincial Diverse Vendor Strategy.

Same

(2) The

Diverse Vendor Advisory Board shall comply with any requirements that may be prescribed

with respect to its composition, functions, powers, duties, activities and

procedures.

Provincial

Diverse Vendor Strategy

2.4

(1) The

Government of Ontario shall develop and implement a Provincial Diverse Vendor

Strategy which recognizes the importance of diversity amongst vendors.

Publication

(2) The

Minister shall publish the Strategy on a Government of Ontario website.

Content

of Strategy

2.5 The Provincial Diverse

Vendor Strategy shall include the following:

1. The

Strategy’s goals and objectives with respect to the proportion of vendors

across all vendors within the province’s supply chain management system that

must be diverse vendors.

2. Initiatives

to promote inclusion of historically disadvantaged communities in economic

growth.

3. Initiatives to address COVID-19 economic

recovery and economic capacity building for diverse vendor candidates who have

been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 such as candidates who are

immigrants, women, LGBTQ2S+ people, people with disabilities, veterans,

Indigenous peoples and racialized people.

4. Requirements

with respect to diversity that will apply to government entities, broader

public sector entities and health sector entities.

5. The

results of the business case study in relation to diverse vendor procurement

adopted pursuant to

section 2.2.

6. Such

other matters as the Minister considers advisable.

Annual

report

2.6

(1) Within

one year after the Provincial Diverse Vendor Strategy is developed and at least

every year thereafter, the Minister shall prepare an annual report on the Strategy

and table the annual report in the Assembly.

Same

(2) The

annual report shall include the Government’s activities to support the Strategy

and information about whether any objectives in the Strategy have been met.

Review

of annual report by standing or select committee

(3) After

the annual report is tabled in the Assembly, a standing or select committee of

the Assembly shall be empowered to review the annual report and to report the

committee’s opinions and recommendations to the Assembly.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Diversity

and inclusion

3.1 A government entity, broader

public sector entity or health sector entity shall comply with any requirements

set out in the Provincial Diverse Vendor Strategy.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Supply Chain Management

Amendment Act (Provincial Diverse Vendor Strategy), 2021 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

April 26, 2021

Second Reading

Vote

Lost on division

April 26, 2021

Second Reading

Deferred vote

April 26, 2021

Second Reading

Debated

April 13, 2021

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

April 13, 2021

Committee

Second Reading

April 26, 2021

Ms. Catherine Fife, Ms. Natalia Kusendova, Ms. Jill Andrew, Mr. Deepak Anand, Mr. Taras Natyshak, Ms. Mitzie Hunter, Mr. Mike Schreiner, Mr. Dave Smith, Mr. Gurratan Singh

Vote deferred.

April 26, 2021

Lost on recorded division.

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 275

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Supply Chain Management Act (Government, Broader Public Sector and Health Sector Entities), 2019

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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