Order in Council 692/2023

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 in the year 2022, the Assembly has amended The Legislative Assembly Act to authorize the Lieutenant Governor in Council to grant former Clerks of the Assembly the right to use the honorific title “The Honourable”;

And Whereas the Government of Ontario desires to honour Ms. Claude L. DesRosiers and recognize his lifetime of public service, including service to the people of Ontario as Clerk of its Legislative Assembly, from 1986 until 2006;

Now therefore, pursuant to section 77.4 of The Legislative Assembly Act, Claude L. DesRosiers of Ottawa, is hereby granted the right to use the honorific title “The Honourable” (“l’honourable”), effective the later of June 7, 2023 and the date this Order in Council is made.