Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Child Labour

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Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Child Labour

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    • Select Committee on Child Labour

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1907

      History

      Select Committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with specific terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was established February 13, 1907 with Nelson Monteith as chair. The committee identified abuses in Ontario because factory and shop laws and mandatory education laws were not strictly enforced. As a result of recommendations of the committee, two acts were passed in 1908: An Act to Amend the Shops Act (Bill 85) and An Act to amend the Factory Act (Bill 86).

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Select Committee on Child Labour examined child labour laws in Ontario and Quebec with and made recommendations regarding changes in legislation. It was established following complaints in the Legislature by Thomas Preston about the inadequate nature of child labour laws in the province.

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      Related entity

      Ontario. Legislative Assembly (1867-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA23

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Legislative Assembly controls Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Child Labour

      Dates of relationship

      1907

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      Authority record identifier

      CA430

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      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Wayne Crockett