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The M'Naghten rule(s) (pronounced, and sometimes spelled, McNaughton) is a legal test defining the defence of insanity that was formulated by the House of Lords in 1843. It is the established standard in UK criminal law.
The Office of the Mining and Lands Commissioner will have been in existence, as of May 2006, in one form or another, for one hundred years. The legislation that deals with the vast mineral resources in Ontario dates back to 1864. [2] The Mining Convention of 1905 followed on the heels of an exciting silver discovery in Cobalt, Ontario in 1903.
Together, these three Acts establish rules about how the institutions covered may collect, use, and disclose personal data. They also establish a right of access that enables individuals to request their own personal information and have it corrected if necessary.
Another amount, $106,000, was used to set up the Andrew Mercer Ontario Reformatory for Females. The Reformatory opened in 1880 and continued in operation until 1969. [1] The Supreme Court has cited Attorney General of Ontario v Mercer several times since it was decided, most recently in 2002. [16]
The position was created by the province in 1988 with the passing of the Conflict of Interest Act (amended as Members' Integrity Act, 1994) in 1988. [1] The headquarters for the office is located in Toronto at 2 Bloor Street West.
The activities of the Government of Ontario are directed by the Executive Council. The Executive Council is almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario . Though the lieutenant governor does not generally attend Cabinet meetings, directives issued by the Crown on the advice of the ministers are said to be ordered by ...
In August 2023, the Ontario government announced that it was postponing a provincewide property reassessment as it conducts a new review of the accuracy and fairness of the system. In 2022 alone, MPAC added more than $37.8 billion to municipal rolls across Ontario through its assessments of new construction and renovated properties.
Macnaughton was born in Greater Napanee, Ontario, and educated at Upper Canada College.He studied law at McGill University (BCL 1929) and began a law practice in Montreal, where he served as a Crown Attorney from 1933 to 1942.