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Bill 86IN_COMMITTEEOTHERONTARIO

Meredith Act (Fair Compensation for Injured Workers), 2026

Sponsor
Lise Vaugeois, Wayne Gates, Jamie West
Latest recorded vote
41 / 62
Official record on ola.orgLatest recorded step: Recorded division,

Bill overview

Bill 86, “Meredith Act (Fair Compensation for Injured Workers), 2026”, is an Ontario bill from session 44-1. It was introduced by Lise Vaugeois, Wayne Gates, Jamie West (NDP, Thunder Bay-Superior North).

Its latest recorded status is “In committee”.

In the recorded division on April 15, 2026 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 41 members voted in favour and 62 against. In favour: NDP (24), Liberal (14) and Green (2). Against: Progressive Conservative (61). Independent members split 1 for and 1 against.

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 repeals the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 and enacts the Meredith Act (Fair Compensation for Injured Workers), 2025 . The Meredith Act (Fair Compensation for Injured Workers), 2025 establishes a scheme for compensating workers who have sustained a workplace accident or developed a workplace disease. The Act also contemplates the provision of services to assist injured workers with rehabilitation and retraining. The Act is to be administered by the Workers’ Compensation Commission of Ontario. A Tribunal, known as the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal of Ontario, is established to hear disputes arising from the administration of the Act. Provisions respecting the transition between the two Acts are provided for.

Vote roll

44th Parliament · April 15, 2026

41

Yea

62

Nay

0

Abstain

0

Absent

Alexa Gilmour (ONDP) — YEACatherine Fife (ONDP) — YEACatherine McKenney (ONDP) — YEAChandra Pasma (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) — NAYCharmaine A. Williams (ONPC) — NAYDave Smith (ONPC) — NAYDavid Smith (ONPC) — NAYDawn Gallagher Murphy (ONPC) — NAYDeepak Anand (ONPC) — NAYDoug Downey (ONPC) — NAYDoug Ford (ONPC) — NAYErnie Hardeman (ONPC) — NAYGeorge Darouze (ONPC) — NAYGeorge Pirie (ONPC) — NAYGraydon Smith (ONPC) — NAYGreg Rickford (ONPC) — NAYHardeep Singh Grewal (ONPC) — NAYJess Dixon (ONPC) — NAYJohn Jordan (ONPC) — NAYJoseph Racinsky (ONPC) — NAYLaura Smith (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) — 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) — NAYSteve Clark (ONPC) — NAYSteve Pinsonneault (ONPC) — NAYStéphane Sarrazin (ONPC) — NAYTyler Allsopp (ONPC) — NAYVictor Fedeli (ONPC) — NAYWill Bouma (ONPC) — NAYZee Hamid (ONPC) — NAYBobbi Ann Brady (IND) — YEAChris Scott (IND) — NAYAislinn Clancy (GPO) — YEAMike Schreiner (GPO) — YEACaroline Mulroney (ONPC) — NAYSpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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