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Bill 61IN_COMMITTEEJUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETYONTARIO

Ontario Artificial Intelligence, Talent and Innovation Strategy Act, 2025

Latest recorded vote
42 / 71
Official record on ola.orgLatest recorded step: Recorded division,

Bill overview

Bill 61, “Ontario Artificial Intelligence, Talent and Innovation Strategy Act, 2025”, is an Ontario bill from session 44-1. It was introduced by Rob Cerjanec (Liberal, Ajax).

Its latest recorded status is “In committee”.

In the recorded division on November 24, 2025 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 42 members voted in favour and 71 against. In favour: NDP (25), Liberal (14), Green (2) and Independent (1). Against: Progressive Conservative (71).

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 Ontario Artificial Intelligence, Talent and Innovation Strategy Act, 2025 . The major elements are set out below. The Act requires the Government of Ontario to design, implement and maintain an artificial intelligence, talent and innovation strategy. The objectives of the strategy are set out in the Act. The Act establishes an Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee that is tasked with making recommendations, advising and consulting on artificial intelligence issues. The Committee is also tasked with publishing an annual report on Ontario’s progress in achieving the objectives of the strategy. The Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade must table the Committee’s reports in the Legislative Assembly. The Minister must also appear before a Standing Committee on an annual basis to describe Ontario’s progress in achieving the strategy’s objectives. A committee of the Legislative Assembly must review the effectiveness of the Act every three years.

Vote roll

44th Parliament · November 24, 2025

42

Yea

71

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) — YEAKristyn Wong-Tam (ONDP) — YEALisa Gretzky (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 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) — NAYDoug Ford (ONPC) — NAYEffie J. Triantafilopoulos (ONPC) — NAYErnie Hardeman (ONPC) — NAYGeorge Darouze (ONPC) — NAYGeorge Pirie (ONPC) — NAYGraydon Smith (ONPC) — NAYGreg Rickford (ONPC) — NAYJess Dixon (ONPC) — NAYJill Dunlop (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) — NAYMohamed Firin (ONPC) — NAYMonica Ciriello (ONPC) — NAYNatalia Kusendova-Bashta (ONPC) — NAYNatalie Pierre (ONPC) — NAYNina Tangri (ONPC) — NAYNolan Quinn (ONPC) — NAYPaul Calandra (ONPC) — NAYPaul Vickers (ONPC) — NAYPeter Bethlenfalvy (ONPC) — NAYPrabmeet Singh Sarkaria (ONPC) — NAYRaymond Sung Joon Cho (ONPC) — NAYRic Bresee (ONPC) — NAYRob Flack (ONPC) — NAYRobert Bailey (ONPC) — NAYRudy Cuzzetto (ONPC) — NAYSam Oosterhoff (ONPC) — NAYSheref Sabawy (ONPC) — NAYSilvia Gualtieri (ONPC) — NAYStephen Crawford (ONPC) — NAYStephen Lecce (ONPC) — NAYSteve Clark (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
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