Bill 10 grace period?

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Just because a bill passes third reading does not mean it comes into law the next day either. It still has to go through a process of becoming a law, get royal assent etc. And then a date is set for it's implementation. Think how long it took from the time the distracted driving bill was passed and when police started charging people for using cell phones while driving. If you go to the legislature site and look at how a bill becomes law section it outlines the steps. As to bill 10 there is also info on each days proceedings using the hansard links - think it is the orders and notices for Nov 5 but there is an outline of the steps for bill 10. There are two days of public input Nov 17, 18 and then the committee will meet Nov 24, 25 to look at the bill clause by clause and make amendments based on what they were told in the pubic hearings IF they want to and then present back to the parliament on We Nov 26. Then it is presented for third reading, there are I think two more hours of debates of the changes if any and then a vote is taken to pass the bill. Then it must go through the bill into law process. This is time consuming and not something that happens over night. Read more info here but do look around the legislature site for info if you are not on the facebook group. Read the past hansard files under debates and lawmaking section as it is a transcript of the discussions that have taken place. But the one dealing with the process we are now entering should be found here:

http://www.ontla.on.ca/house-proceed...2014_Votes.pdf