Royal Assent

The Province Of Ontario

Toronto, Thursday, December 18, 2003

6:12 p.m.

His Honour the Lieutenant Governor of the Province entered the Chamber of the Legislative Assembly and took his seat upon the Throne.

The Speaker addressed His Honour as follows:-

“May it please Your Honour:

The Legislative Assembly of the Province has, at its present meetings thereof, passed certain bills to which, in the name and on behalf of the said Legislative Assembly, I respectfully request Your Honour’s assent.”
The Deputy Clerk then read the titles of the bills that had passed as follows:-

“The following are the titles of the bills to which Your Honour’s assent is prayed:

Bill 2
An Act respecting fiscal responsibility.
[S.O. 2003, Chapter 7]

Bill 4
An Act to amend the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 with respect to electricity pricing.
[S.O. 2003, Chapter 8]

Bill 5
An Act to temporarily freeze automobile insurance rates for private passenger vehicles and to provide for the review and regulation of risk classification systems and automobile insurance rates for private passenger vehicles.
[S.O. 2003, Chapter 9]

To theses Acts the Royal Assent was announced by the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly in the following words:-

“In Her Majesty’s name, His Honour the Lieutenant Governor doth assent to these bills.”

The Speaker then said:-

“May it please your Honour:

We, Her Majesty’s most dutiful and faithful subjects, the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, in session assembled, approach Your Honour with sentiments of unfeigned devotion and loyalty to Her Majesty’s person and Government, and humbly beg to present for Your Honour’s acceptance a bill entitled, ‘An Act to authorize the expenditure of certain amounts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004.’” [Bill 28] [S.O. 2003, Chapter 10]

To this Act the Royal Assent was announced by the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly in the following words –

“His Honour the Lieutenant Governor doth thank Her Majesty’s dutiful and loyal subjects, accept their benevolence and assent to this bill in Her Majesty’s name.”

His Honour was then pleased to retire.

Claude L. DesRosiers,
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

Election Finances Act

Statement by the Chief Election Officer
Related to the Indexation Factor for the Five-Year Period 2004–2008

Pursuant to section 40.1, subsection 2 of the Election Finances Act, R.S.O 1990, Chapter E.7, as amended, notice is hereby given of the statement of the indexation factor required by section 40.1, subsection 1, applicable to the five-year period from January 1st 2004 to December 31st 2008. The indexation factor was calculated based on the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Canada for prices of all items for the 60-month period ending October 31st, 2003 as published by Statistics Canada, rounded to the nearest two decimal points.

The indexation factor for the five-year period 2004 to 2008 will be 1.12.

Accordingly, the amounts provided in subsection 18(1), subsections 38(2), (3.1) and (3.4), and subsection 40(7) of the Election Finances Act are deemed to have been adjusted as follows:

Subsection

From ($)

To ($)

18(1)1

7,500

8,400

18(1)2

1,000

1,120

18(1)3

5,000

5,600

18(1)4

1,000

1,120

18(1)5

5,000

5,600

38(2)

0.60

0.67

38(3.1)

0.96

1.08

38(3.4)

7,000

7,840

40(7)(a)(i)

1,200

1,344

40(7)(b)(i)

600

672

40(7)(c)(i)

1,000

1,120

40(7)(d)(i)

800

896


Dated this 1st day of January, 2004

John L. Hollins
Chief Election Officer
(137-G2)