Ontario Bike Month Act, 2015 McMahon, Eleanor — Bill 13 (41st Parliament, 1st Session)

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Bill 13, Ontario Bike Month Act, 2015

McMahon, Eleanor

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[41] Bill 13 Royal Assent (PDF)

Bill 13 2015

An Act to

proclaim the month of June as Ontario Bike Month

Preamble

Bicycling is an increasingly popular

mode of transportation across Ontario. Recent Ministry of Transportation

surveys of road users suggest that around 1.2 million adults in Ontario ride a

bicycle daily during the spring, summer and fall, and 2.8 million people ride

at least once a week. Each year, a growing number of cycling events take place

in June. Many municipalities throughout the Province already consider June to

be Bike Month, and as such, this Bill represents an important opportunity to

recognize this and celebrate bicycling in Ontario more broadly.

It is important to build on the

Province's release of the Ontario Cycling Strategy by declaring the month of

June as Ontario Bike Month.

Increased cycling would have cumulative

societal benefits. Cycling helps people develop healthy habits for life. These

include a healthy lifestyle, regular exercise and reduced health care costs

through the promotion of active living. Bicycling also reduces traffic

congestion, increases economic development through cycling-tourism and plays a

role in improving air quality for the environment.

By actively promoting bicycling, we

can encourage more cycling routes to take people places they want to go. Connected

cycling networks will provide youth with more opportunities for an active and

healthy lifestyle.

Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with

the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario,

enacts as follows:

Ontario Bike Month

1. The month of

June in each year is proclaimed as Ontario Bike Month.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into

force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

3. The

short title of

this Act is the Ontario Bike Month Act, 2015 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This

Explanatory Note was written as a reader's aid to Bill 13 and does not form

part of the law. Bill 13 has been enacted as

Chapter 16 of the Statutes of

Ontario, 2015 .

The

Bill proclaims the month of June in each year as Ontario Bike Month.

[41] Bill 13 Original (PDF)

Bill 13 2014

Act to proclaim the month of June as Ontario Bike Month

Preamble

Bicycling

is an increasingly popular mode of transportation across Ontario. Recent

Ministry of Transportation surveys of road users suggest that around 1.2

million adults in Ontario ride a bicycle daily during the spring, summer and

fall, and 2.8 million people ride at least once a week. Each year, a growing

number of cycling events take place in June. Many municipalities throughout the

Province already consider June to be Bike Month, and as such, this Bill

represents an important opportunity to recognize this and celebrate bicycling

in Ontario more broadly.

is important to build on the Province's release of the Ontario Cycling Strategy

by declaring the month of June as Ontario Bike Month.

Increased

cycling would have cumulative societal benefits. Cycling helps people develop

healthy habits for life. These include a healthy lifestyle, regular exercise

and reduced health care costs through the promotion of active living. Bicycling

also reduces traffic congestion, increases economic development through

cycling-tourism and plays a role in improving air quality for the environment.

actively promoting bicycling, we can encourage more cycling routes to take

people places they want to go. Connected cycling networks will provide youth

with more opportunities for an active and healthy lifestyle.

Therefore,

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Ontario

Bike Month

1. The

month of June in each year is proclaimed as Ontario Bike Month.

Commencement

2. This

Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Ontario Bike Month Act,

2014 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill proclaims the month of June in each year as Ontario Bike Month.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 4, 2015

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

June 3, 2015

Third Reading

Carried

June 3, 2015

Ordered for Third Reading pursuant to the Order of the House

June 3, 2015

Discharge the Order of referral to Committee

June 3, 2015

Motion to arrange proceedings

July 17, 2014

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

July 17, 2014

Second Reading

Carried

July 17, 2014

Second Reading

Debate

July 14, 2014

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

July 14, 2014

Committee

Second Reading

July 17, 2014

Ms. Eleanor McMahon, Mrs. Gila Martow, Ms. Catherine Fife, Mr. Bob Delaney, Mrs. Julia Munro, Mr. Jagmeet Singh, Mr. John Fraser, Ms. Indira Naidoo-Harris, Mrs. Cristina Martins

July 17, 2014

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.

Motion to Arrange Proceedings

June 3, 2015

Order of referal to the Standing Committee on Social Policy discharged. Ordered for third reading pursuant to the order of the house.

Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

Third Reading

June 3, 2015

Declared carried.

Royal Assent

Thursday, June 04, 2015

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