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S-1001 — An Act to authorize Gore Mutual Insurance Company to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of the Province of Quebec
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S-1001
An Act to authorize Gore Mutual Insurance Company to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of the Province of Quebec
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BILL S-1001
An Act to authorize Gore Mutual Insurance Company to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of the Province of Quebec
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Senate · 1st2025-06-02Senate · 2nd2025-06-11Senate · 3rd2025-10-02Commons · 1st2025-10-02Commons · 2nd2025-10-22Commons · 3rd2025-10-22Royal assent2025-11-20
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What it does, in plain language
- Allows Gore Mutual Insurance Company, an insurer headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, to apply to be "continued" — that is, moved — under the laws of Quebec.
- Sets aside, for this company only, subsection 39(5) of the Insurance Companies Act, which normally blocks a federal insurer from switching to provincial rules.
- States that the company stops being governed by the federal Insurance Companies Act on the day Quebec completes the continuance.
- Repeals, on that same day, the three special Acts of Parliament dealing with the company, dating from 1937, 1944-45 and 1959.
- Notes that policyholders entitled to vote approved the move by a two-thirds majority at an annual and special meeting.
- Traces the company's history: founded in 1839 in Upper Canada, incorporated by federal statute in 1937, and renamed Gore Mutual Insurance Company in 1959.
- Points out that no general law lets a federally incorporated insurer move to provincial jurisdiction, hence this private bill given first reading in the Senate on June 3, 2025, sponsored by Senator Loffreda.
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