Order in Council 646/2017

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Whereas pursuant to subsection 16(1) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, S.C. 1992, c. 20, as amended, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, with the approval of the Governor in Council, may, on behalf of the Crown in right of Canada, enter into agreements with the Crown in right of Ontario respecting the confinement in correctional institutions in Ontario of persons sentenced or committed to penitentiaries and the confinement in penitentiaries of persons sentenced or committed under the criminal law to correctional institutions in Ontario;

And whereas pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection 8(1) of the Ministry of Correctional Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.22, as amended, the Minister of Correctional Services, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may, on behalf of the Crown in right of Ontario, enter into agreements with the Crown in right of Canada respecting the exchange of services provided by the Ministry of Correctional Services and the transfer of inmates serving custodial sentences;

And whereas under Order in Council numbered 497/2004, dated March 10, 2004, made pursuant to subsection 2(2) and subsection 5(1) of the Executive Council Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.25, as amended, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services has been assigned the authority to exercise the powers and duties of the Minister of Correctional Services;

And whereas the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services wishes, on behalf of the Crown in right of Ontario, to enter into an agreement with the Crown in right of Canada respecting the transfer of federal and provincial inmates and the potential provision of other correctional services, for a term of four years commencing April 1, 2017, with provisions for term extensions;

Therefore pursuant to subsection 8(1) of the Ministry of Correctional Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.22, as amended, approval is hereby granted for the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to enter into this agreement on behalf of the Crown in right of Ontario.