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Bill 268, Waterpower Day Act, 2021

Mantha, Michael

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EXPLANATORY

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The

Bill proclaims June 20 in each year as Waterpower Day.

Bill 268 2021

Act to proclaim Waterpower Day

Preamble

Ontario, one quarter of all electricity comes from waterpower resources with an

installed capacity of over 9,000 megawatts. Ontario and its residents have

benefitted from more than a century of affordable, reliable and sustainable

waterpower. Waterpower has created, and continues to create, social, political,

environmental, economic and technological benefits for those residing in

Ontario.

Adam

Beck was elected mayor of London in 1902 and a few months later was elected to

the Ontario legislature from the riding of London. He was re-elected mayor in

1903 and 1904 while simultaneously serving as a member of the provincial

legislature. In 1905, he was appointed Minister Without Portfolio in the

government of Premier Sir James P. Whitney. In 1906, Premier Whitney appointed

Adam Beck as the first chairman of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission. Adam

Beck was knighted by King George V in 1914 for his promotion of electricity and

development of transmission lines. The Queenston Chippawa power station (now

Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Generating Stations), which he helped to create,

was renamed after him in 1950.

Proclaiming

June 20 — Sir Adam Beck’s birthday — in each year as Waterpower Day raises

awareness of the value of the over 200 waterpower facilities in Ontario and of

the workers producing 25 per cent of the province’s electricity. This

renewable, reliable and affordable energy technology is embedded in villages,

towns, Indigenous communities and cities all across Ontario.

Waterpower

Day contributes to the celebration of historic development and to the

recognition of waterpower being the backbone of strong communities for over 150

years.

Therefore,

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

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Waterpower

Day

June

20 in each year is proclaimed as Waterpower Day.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Waterpower Day Act,

2021 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

March 24, 2021

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 24, 2021

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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