Remembrance Day Observance Act, 2007 Tascona, Joseph N. — Bill 204 (38th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 204, 38-2

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Bill 204, Remembrance Day Observance Act, 2007

Tascona, Joseph N.

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Bill 204 2007

An Act respecting the

observance of Remembrance Day

and to make related amendments

and repeals to other Acts

Note:

This Act amends or repeals more than one Act. For the legislative history of

these Acts, see Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History on www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca .

Preamble

Remembrance Day commemorates the armistice signed to

end the First World War at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918, being the 11th hour

of the 11th day of the 11th month of that year.

In Canada, Remembrance Day honours the memory of

those soldiers, including more than 116,000 Canadians, who bravely and

unselfishly gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars, in the Korean

War and in peacekeeping efforts in the struggle for peace and freedom.

The people of Ontario must never forget their

extraordinary courage and profound sacrifice. As a gesture of respect for the

fallen, it is appropriate to unite in honouring their memories by observing two

minutes of silence each Remembrance Day and to make the day a retail business

and school holiday.

Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and

consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as

follows:

Two

minutes of silence

1 .

(1) Subject

to subsection (2), at 11 a.m. on each Remembrance Day, the people of Ontario

shall pause and observe two minutes of silence in honour of those who died

serving their country in wars and in peacekeeping efforts.

Voluntary

compliance

(2) The silence can only be achieved through voluntary

observance and through our collective desire to remember.

Suggestions

for observing the silence

(3) The following are suggestions for ways to promote the

observance of the silence:

1. We can participate in a

traditional Remembrance Day service at a war memorial or cenotaph.

2. If

driving, we can pull our vehicles to the side of the road and sit quietly.

3. We

can announce the silence on the public address systems of our places of

business and of our institutions, if they are not closed for the day.

4. We

can gather in common areas of our places of business and of our institutions,

if they are not closed for the day.

5. We

can briefly shut down our assembly lines, if they are not closed for the day.

6. We

can hold Remembrance Day assemblies in our schools, colleges and universities,

if they are not closed for the day.

7. We

can hold Remembrance Day services in our places of worship.

Amendments to other Acts and Repeal

Education Act

Section

11 of the Education Act is amended by adding the

following subsection:

School

holiday

(7.0.1) Despite any regulation made under clause (7) (a),

Remembrance Day shall be a school holiday.

Employment Standards Act, 2000

3. The

definition of "public holiday" in subsection 1 (1) of the Employment

Standards Act, 2000 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

6.1 Remembrance

Day.

Retail Business Holidays Act

4. The

definition of "holiday" in subsection 1 (1) of the Retail Business Holidays

Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(f.1) Remembrance

Day,

Repeal

5. The

Remembrance Day Observance Act, 1997 is repealed.

Commencement and

Short Title

Commencement

6. This

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

Short

title

7. The

short title of this Act is the Remembrance Day Observance

Act, 2007 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill replaces the Remembrance Day Observance Act, 1997

with a new Act to make Remembrance Day a retail business and school holiday.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

April 12, 2007

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

April 12, 2007

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :

Royal Assent.

Acts affected - Bill 204

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Education Act

Employment Standards Act, 2000

Remembrance Day Observance Act, 1997

Retail Business Holidays Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 204, 38-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p38 s2 bill 204 html
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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