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Bill 58IN_COMMITTEETAX & FISCALONTARIO

Franco-Ontarian Bookstore Promotion and Protection Act, 2025

Sponsor
Lucille Collard
Latest recorded vote
37 / 70
Official record on ola.orgLatest recorded step: Recorded division,

Bill overview

Bill 58, “Franco-Ontarian Bookstore Promotion and Protection Act, 2025”, is an Ontario bill from session 44-1. It was introduced by Lucille Collard (Liberal, Ottawa-Vanier).

Its latest recorded status is “In committee”.

In the recorded division on November 17, 2025 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 37 members voted in favour and 70 against. In favour: NDP (21), Liberal (14) and Green (2). Against: Progressive Conservative (70).

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 enacts the Franco-Ontarian Bookstore Promotion and Protection Act, 2025 . The major elements of the Act are set out below. The Act requires the Minister of Francophone Affairs to appoint a Registrar of Franco-Ontarian Bookstores. Bookstore owners and operators may apply to the Registrar to have their bookstore registered as an accredited Franco-Ontarian bookstore. Publicly funded institutions must only purchase French-language books from accredited Franco-Ontarian bookstores. The Act sets out a prohibition on book sellers engaging in predatory pricing practices or providing disguised advantages. A failure to comply with this prohibition could result in the revocation of accreditation for accredited Franco-Ontarian bookstores. The Act allows the Minister of Francophone Affairs to establish a provincial support fund to help Franco-Ontarian bookstores modernize and sustain their operations. An amendment is made to the French Language Services Act to require government agencies under that Act to actively contribute to the maintenance and development of Franco-Ontarian cultural institutions, including Franco-Ontarian bookstores.

Vote roll

44th Parliament · November 17, 2025

37

Yea

70

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) — YEAJeff Burch (ONDP) — YEAJennifer (Jennie) Stevens (ONDP) — YEAJennifer K. French (ONDP) — YEAJessica Bell (ONDP) — YEAJohn Vanthof (ONDP) — YEALisa Gretzky (ONDP) — YEALise Vaugeois (ONDP) — YEAPeggy Sattler (ONDP) — YEAPeter Tabuns (ONDP) — YEASandy Shaw (ONDP) — YEATerence Kernaghan (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 Bowman (OLP) — YEAStephanie Smyth (OLP) — YEAStephen Blais (OLP) — YEATed Hsu (OLP) — YEATyler Watt (OLP) — YEAAmarjot Sandhu (ONPC) — NAYAndrea Khanjin (ONPC) — NAYAndrew Dowie (ONPC) — NAYAnthony Leardi (ONPC) — NAYAris Babikian (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) — NAYDavid Smith (ONPC) — NAYDawn Gallagher Murphy (ONPC) — NAYDeepak Anand (ONPC) — NAYDoug Downey (ONPC) — NAYEffie J. Triantafilopoulos (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) — NAYLaurie Scott (ONPC) — NAYLisa M. Thompson (ONPC) — NAYLogan Kanapathi (ONPC) — NAYLorne Coe (ONPC) — NAYMatthew Rae (ONPC) — NAYMichael A. Tibollo (ONPC) — NAYMichael Parsa (ONPC) — NAYMichael S. Kerzner (ONPC) — NAYMichelle Cooper (ONPC) — NAYMike Harris (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) — NAYRob Flack (ONPC) — NAYRobert Bailey (ONPC) — NAYRudy Cuzzetto (ONPC) — NAYSheref Sabawy (ONPC) — NAYStan Cho (ONPC) — NAYStephen Crawford (ONPC) — NAYStephen Lecce (ONPC) — NAYSteve Clark (ONPC) — NAYSteve Pinsonneault (ONPC) — NAYStéphane Sarrazin (ONPC) — NAYTodd J. McCarthy (ONPC) — NAYTyler Allsopp (ONPC) — NAYVictor Fedeli (ONPC) — NAYVijay Thanigasalam (ONPC) — NAYWill Bouma (ONPC) — NAYZee Hamid (ONPC) — NAYAislinn Clancy (GPO) — YEAMike Schreiner (GPO) — YEACaroline Mulroney (ONPC) — NAYSpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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