Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on Social Development

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on Social Development

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Standing Committee on Social Development

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Standing Social Development Committee

    • Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Social Development Committee

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1971-

    History

    Standing committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario are regularly established within ten days of the beginning of each Session of Parliament, and report to the Legislature on matters referred to them. They do not have the authority to initiate investigations or expand their mandate. This committee was established in 1971 as the Standing Social Development Committee, taking over the functions of several previously existing committees. On March 14, 1980 the name of the committee was changed to the Standing Committee on Social Development.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Standing Committee on Social Development reviews on behalf of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario all expenditures, estimates, and programming developed by ministries and agencies responsible for social welfare in its broadest sense. These include the Ministry of Citizenship, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Ministry of Culture and Communication, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour, and the Ministry of Skills Development.

    Address

    Standing Committees are established under the authority of Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    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. Standing Committee on Social Development

    Dates of relationship

    1971-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on the Dept. of Health (1967-1970)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA360

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on the Dept. of Health is the predecessor of Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on Social Development

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on the Dept. of Labour (1968-1970)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA366

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on the Dept. of Labour is the predecessor of Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on Social Development

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on Social, Family and Correctional Services (1968-1970)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA368

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on Social, Family and Correctional Services is the predecessor of Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on Social Development

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

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    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA372

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

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

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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      Script(s)

        Sources

        Ontario. Clerk of the Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee Procedures: A Guide for Committee Chairmen. Queen's Printer, Toronto, 1985

        Archives of Ontario records, series RG 49-227

        Canadiana name authorities, 1996-12- 24

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Wayne Crockett