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Bill 65, Honouring Our Veterans Act, 2023

Coe, Lorne

Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2023,

chapter 14

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s

aid to Bill 65 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 65 has been enacted as

Chapter 14 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2023.

The

Bill amends the Remembrance Week Act, 2016 to

require members of the Legislative Assembly, on the last sessional day before

Remembrance Day in each year, to pause and observe two minutes of silence in

honour of those who died serving their country in wars and in peacekeeping

efforts. Members are also permitted to make speeches.

Bill 65 2023

Act to amend the Remembrance Week Act, 2016

His

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 4 of the Remembrance Week Act, 2016 is repealed

and the following substituted:

Moment

of silence, Legislative Assembly

(1) On

the last sessional day before Remembrance Day in each year, immediately after

Introduction of Visitors during the Morning Routine,

(

a) the

members of the Legislative Assembly shall pause and observe two minutes of

silence in honour of those who died serving their country in wars and in

peacekeeping efforts; and

(

b) following

the two minutes of silence, members are permitted to give speeches for 15 minutes,

with five minutes allotted to the party recognized as the Official Opposition,

five minutes allotted to the recognized party from which the Government is

chosen and five minutes allotted to any other recognized parties and

independent members as a group.

Definition

(2) In

this section,

“recognized

party” has the same meaning as in subsection 62 (5) of the Legislative

Assembly Act .

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Honouring Our Veterans

Act, 2023 .

Bill 65 Original (PDF)

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Remembrance Week Act, 2016 to

require members of the Legislative Assembly, on the last sessional day before

Remembrance Day in each year, to pause and observe two minutes of silence in

honour of those who died serving their country in wars and in peacekeeping

efforts. Members are also permitted to make speeches.

Bill 65 2023

Act to amend the Remembrance Week Act, 2016

His

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 4 of the Remembrance Week Act, 2016 is repealed

and the following substituted:

Moment

of silence, Legislative Assembly

(1) On

the last sessional day before Remembrance Day in each year, immediately after

Introduction of Visitors during the Morning Routine,

(

a) the

members of the Legislative Assembly shall pause and observe two minutes of

silence in honour of those who died serving their country in wars and in

peacekeeping efforts; and

(

b) following

the two minutes of silence, members are permitted to give speeches for 15 minutes,

with five minutes allotted to the party recognized as the Official Opposition,

five minutes allotted to the recognized party from which the Government is

chosen and five minutes allotted to any other recognized parties and

independent members as a group.

Definition

(2) In

this section,

“recognized

party” has the same meaning as in subsection 62 (5) of the Legislative

Assembly Act .

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Honouring Our Veterans Act, 2023 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

October 26, 2023

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

October 24, 2023

Third Reading

Vote

Carried

October 24, 2023

Third Reading

Question put

October 24, 2023

Third Reading

Debated

September 25, 2023

Second Reading

Ordered for Third Reading

September 25, 2023

Second Reading

Report adopted

September 25, 2023

Second Reading

Reported without amendment

Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs

July 12, 2023

Second Reading

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs

March 9, 2023

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs

March 9, 2023

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

March 9, 2023

Second Reading

Question put

March 9, 2023

Second Reading

Debated

March 9, 2023

Second Reading

Debated

February 22, 2023

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

February 22, 2023

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

February 22, 2023

Carried

Second Reading

March 9, 2023

Barnes, Patrice

Ajax

Coe, Lorne

Whitby

Sabawy, Sheref

Mississauga—Erin Mills

Stevens, Jennifer (Jennie)

St. Catharines

Carried

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs

July 12, 2023

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs

September 25, 2023

Reported without amendment

Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs

Ordered for Third Reading

Third Reading

October 24, 2023

Armstrong, Teresa

London—Fanshawe

Blais, Stephen

Orléans

Coe, Lorne

Whitby

McCrimmon, Karen

Kanata—Carleton

Rakocevic, Tom

Humber River—Black Creek

Schreiner, Mike

Guelph

Stevens, Jennifer (Jennie)

St. Catharines

Taylor, Monique

Hamilton Mountain

Vanthof, John

Timiskaming—Cochrane

Vaugeois, Lise

Thunder Bay—Superior North

Yakabuski, John

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

Carried

Royal Assent

October 26, 2023

Royal Assent received