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In November 1966, the Department of Financial and Commercial Affairs was established and acquired the responsibility for the regulation of insurance companies, loan and trust companies, and the trading of securities in Ontario. In 1967, a Consumer Protection Division was established to be responsible for a newly created Consumer Protection Bureau.
Prior to 1997, Ontario's motor vehicle dealer industry was regulated by the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (now the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services). OMVIC's creation on April 7, 1997, marked the first regulated business sector to move to self-management.
Layland v Ontario (Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations) was a 1993 case brought towards the Ontario Divisional Court (Superior Court) after a same-sex couple was denied a marriage license at Ottawa City Hall. [1]
By 1975, the Ontario Association was successful in convincing the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations in Ontario (which by that time was responsible for supervising the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act) that mandatory education, for registration of all registrants in the province, be elevated to 150 hours of study, with an ...
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1985 provincial election, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Terry Jones by 1,424 votes in Mississauga North. [1] The Liberal party formed a minority government after the election, and Offer served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations from June ...
On June 17, 1999, he was moved to the portfolio of Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations, [10] and on February 8, 2001, was named Minister of Economic Development and Trade. Runciman supported Ernie Eves 's successful bid to succeed Harris as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 2002.
The Rae ministry was the combined cabinet (formally the Executive Council of Ontario) that governed Ontario from October 1, 1990, to June 26, 1995. It was led by the 21st Premier of Ontario, Bob Rae. The ministry was made up of members of the Ontario New Democratic Party, which commanded a majority in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
In September 1972 he was named as Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations. [5] In January 1975, he was named as Attorney General and Provincial Secretary for Justice. [6] In February 1975, he was also appointed Solicitor General when George Kerr resigned from cabinet due to an election donation scandal. [7]