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Bill 49IN_COMMITTEEJUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETYONTARIO

Northern Highway 11 and 17 Safety Act, 2025

Sponsor
Guy Bourgouin, John Vanthof, Lise Vaugeois
Latest recorded vote
38 / 62
Official record on ola.orgLatest recorded step: Recorded division,

Bill overview

Bill 49, “Northern Highway 11 and 17 Safety Act, 2025”, is an Ontario bill from session 44-1. It was introduced by Guy Bourgouin, John Vanthof, Lise Vaugeois (NDP, Mushkegowuk-James Bay).

Its latest recorded status is “In committee”.

In the recorded division on November 3, 2025 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 38 members voted in favour and 62 against. In favour: NDP (23), Liberal (12), Green (2) and Independent (1). Against: Progressive Conservative (62).

This overview is written automatically from the registry and vote records on this page and updates when they sync. It describes the bill's path, not its merits.

SUMMARY FROM THE OFFICIAL REGISTRY

What you need to know

The Bill amends the Highway Traffic Act and the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act . The Bill adds section 5.5 to the Highway Traffic Act . Subsection 5.5 (1) provides that the Minister of Transportation shall ensure scales and inspection sites along the portion of Highway 11 that is north of North Bay and along Highway 17 are staffed daily for a minimum of 12 hours. Subsection 5.5 (2) provides that the Government of Ontario shall ensure traffic enforcement by the Ontario Provincial Police is sufficiently staffed to ensure enforcement of the Act. The Bill also adds subsection 58.1 (6.1) to the Act. Commercial truck drivers must now be tested by an examiner certified by the Ministry of Transportation before being licensed. The Bill adds section 96 to the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act . This section provides that winter maintenance operations for the portion of Highway 11 that is north of North Bay and for Highway 17 shall be managed by the Ministry of Transportation.

Vote roll

44th Parliament · November 3, 2025

38

Yea

62

Nay

0

Abstain

0

Absent

Alexa Gilmour (ONDP) — YEACatherine Fife (ONDP) — YEACatherine McKenney (ONDP) — YEAChandra Pasma (ONDP) — YEAChris Glover (ONDP) — YEAFrance Gélinas (ONDP) — YEAGuy Bourgouin (ONDP) — YEAJamie West (ONDP) — YEAJennifer (Jennie) Stevens (ONDP) — YEAJennifer K. French (ONDP) — YEAJessica Bell (ONDP) — YEAJohn Vanthof (ONDP) — YEAKristyn Wong-Tam (ONDP) — YEALise Vaugeois (ONDP) — YEAMarit Stiles (ONDP) — YEAPeggy Sattler (ONDP) — YEAPeter Tabuns (ONDP) — YEARobin Lennox (ONDP) — YEASandy Shaw (ONDP) — YEATerence Kernaghan (ONDP) — YEATeresa J. Armstrong (ONDP) — YEATom Rakocevic (ONDP) — YEAWayne Gates (ONDP) — YEAAdil Shamji (OLP) — YEAAndrea Hazell (OLP) — YEAJohn Fraser (OLP) — YEAJonathan Tsao (OLP) — YEAKaren McCrimmon (OLP) — YEALee Fairclough (OLP) — YEALucille Collard (OLP) — YEAMary-Margaret McMahon (OLP) — YEARob Cerjanec (OLP) — YEAStephanie Smyth (OLP) — YEAStephen Blais (OLP) — YEATyler Watt (OLP) — YEAAmarjot Sandhu (ONPC) — NAYAndrea Khanjin (ONPC) — NAYAndrew Dowie (ONPC) — NAYAnthony Leardi (ONPC) — NAYBill Rosenberg (ONPC) — NAYBilly Denault (ONPC) — NAYBilly Pang (ONPC) — NAYBrian Riddell (ONPC) — NAYBrian Saunderson (ONPC) — NAYCharmaine A. Williams (ONPC) — NAYDaisy Wai (ONPC) — NAYDave Smith (ONPC) — NAYDavid Piccini (ONPC) — NAYDeepak Anand (ONPC) — NAYDoug Downey (ONPC) — NAYDoug Ford (ONPC) — NAYErnie Hardeman (ONPC) — NAYGeorge Darouze (ONPC) — NAYGeorge Pirie (ONPC) — NAYGraham McGregor (ONPC) — NAYGraydon Smith (ONPC) — NAYGreg Rickford (ONPC) — NAYHardeep Singh Grewal (ONPC) — NAYJess Dixon (ONPC) — NAYJohn Jordan (ONPC) — NAYJoseph Racinsky (ONPC) — NAYKevin Holland (ONPC) — NAYLaura Smith (ONPC) — NAYLisa M. Thompson (ONPC) — NAYLogan Kanapathi (ONPC) — NAYLorne Coe (ONPC) — NAYMichael Parsa (ONPC) — NAYMichael S. Kerzner (ONPC) — NAYMichelle Cooper (ONPC) — NAYMohamed Firin (ONPC) — NAYMonica Ciriello (ONPC) — NAYNatalia Kusendova-Bashta (ONPC) — NAYNatalie Pierre (ONPC) — NAYNeil Lumsden (ONPC) — NAYNina Tangri (ONPC) — NAYNolan Quinn (ONPC) — NAYPaul Calandra (ONPC) — NAYPaul Vickers (ONPC) — NAYPrabmeet Singh Sarkaria (ONPC) — NAYRaymond Sung Joon Cho (ONPC) — NAYRic Bresee (ONPC) — NAYRobert Bailey (ONPC) — NAYRudy Cuzzetto (ONPC) — NAYSam Oosterhoff (ONPC) — NAYSheref Sabawy (ONPC) — NAYStan Cho (ONPC) — NAYStephen Crawford (ONPC) — NAYSteve Pinsonneault (ONPC) — NAYStéphane Sarrazin (ONPC) — NAYSylvia Jones (ONPC) — NAYTodd J. McCarthy (ONPC) — NAYTrevor Jones (ONPC) — NAYTyler Allsopp (ONPC) — NAYVijay Thanigasalam (ONPC) — NAYWill Bouma (ONPC) — NAYZee Hamid (ONPC) — NAYBobbi Ann Brady (IND) — YEAAislinn Clancy (GPO) — YEAMike Schreiner (GPO) — YEACaroline Mulroney (ONPC) — NAYSpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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