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Bill 65, Remembrance Day Observance Act, 2025

Stevens, Jennifer (Jennie)

Pasma, Chandra

Rakocevic, Tom

West, Jamie

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The

Bill amends the Remembrance Day and Veterans’ Week Act,

2024 to provide that every school shall hold a dedicated service for

Remembrance Day for students and that the Ministry of Education shall develop

an elementary school curriculum and secondary school curriculum regarding the

purpose and importance of Remembrance Day. The Act is also amended to provide

that, subject to regulations made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, no

workplace shall operate from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Remembrance Day.

Bill 65 2025

Act to amend the Remembrance Day and Veterans’ Week Act, 2024 with respect to

schools and workplaces

His

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Remembrance Day and Veterans’ Week Act, 2024 is

amended by adding the following sections:

Services

in schools

(1) Every

school shall hold a dedicated service for Remembrance Day for students to

attend on the 11th day of November or, when the 11th day of November is a

Saturday or a Sunday, on the Friday preceding the 11th day of November.

Same

(2) A

service referred to in subsection (1) may consist of one or more of the

following:

1. A

school trip to visit a cenotaph commemorating soldiers.

2. A

wreath laying at the school.

3. An

assembly with guest speakers.

4. A

musical tribute.

5. Any

other service that, for the purpose of observing Remembrance Day, commemorates

soldiers who have died in war.

Same

(3) A

service referred to in subsection (1) shall not consist solely of prerecorded

material.

School

curriculum

(1) The

Ministry of Education shall develop an elementary school curriculum and

secondary school curriculum regarding the purpose and importance of Remembrance

Day.

Same

(2) The

curriculum shall include content related both to historical and modern military

conflicts.

Same

(3) In

developing the curriculum, the Ministry shall consult with educators and unions

representing educators.

Workplace

closures

(1) Subject

to any regulation made under subsection (2), no workplace shall operate from 9

am to 1 pm on Remembrance Day.

Regulations

(2) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations setting out exceptions to

subsection (1).

Commencement

This Act comes into force on June 1, 2026.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Remembrance Day

Observance Act, 2025 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

November 26, 2025

Second Reading

Vote

Lost on division

November 25, 2025

Second Reading

Question put

Vote deferred

November 25, 2025

Second Reading

Debated

October 28, 2025

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

October 28, 2025

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

October 28, 2025

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading

Second Reading

November 25, 2025

Armstrong, Teresa

London—Fanshawe

Firin, Mohamed

York South—Weston

Glover, Chris

Spadina—Fort York

Kernaghan, Terence

London North Centre

McCrimmon, Karen

Kanata—Carleton

Pang, Billy

Markham—Unionville

Rakocevic, Tom

Humber River—Black Creek

Stevens, Jennifer (Jennie)

St. Catharines

Wai, Daisy

Richmond Hill

Question put

November 26, 2025

Lost on division

Acts affected - Bill 65

The First Reading version of this bill proposed amendments to these public acts (available to view on e-Laws ):

Remembrance Day and Veterans' Week Act, 2024

Vote on second reading - Lost (November 26, 2025)

Ayes

(26) Teresa J. Armstrong

Jessica Bell

Guy Bourgouin

Bobbi Ann Brady

Jeff Burch

Aislinn Clancy

Catherine Fife

Jennifer K. French

Wayne Gates

France Gélinas

Alexa Gilmour

Chris Glover

Lisa Gretzky

Terence Kernaghan

Sol Mamakwa

Catherine McKenney

Chandra Pasma

Peggy Sattler

Mike Schreiner

Sandy Shaw

Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens

Marit Stiles

Peter Tabuns

Lise Vaugeois

Jamie West

Kristyn Wong-Tam

Nays

(67) Tyler Allsopp

Deepak Anand

Aris Babikian

Robert Bailey

Will Bouma

Ric Bresee

Hon. Paul Calandra

Hon. Raymond Sung Joon Cho

Hon. Stan Cho

Monica Ciriello

Hon. Steve Clark

Lorne Coe

Michelle Cooper

Hon. Stephen Crawford

Rudy Cuzzetto

George Darouze

Billy Denault

Jess Dixon

Andrew Dowie

Hon. Doug Downey

Hon. Jill Dunlop

Mohamed Firin

Hon. Rob Flack

Dawn Gallagher Murphy

Hardeep Singh Grewal

Silvia Gualtieri

Hon. Zee Hamid

Hon. Ernie Hardeman

Hon. Kevin Holland

Hon. Trevor Jones

Logan Kanapathi

Hon. Michael S. Kerzner

Hon. Andrea Khanjin

Hon. Natalia Kusendova-Bashta

Anthony Leardi

Hon. Stephen Lecce

Hon. Neil Lumsden

Hon. Todd J. McCarthy

Hon. Graham McGregor

Hon. Sam Oosterhoff

Billy Pang

Hon. Michael Parsa

Hon. David Piccini

Natalie Pierre

Hon. George Pirie

Joseph Racinsky

Matthew Rae

Hon. Greg Rickford

Brian Riddell

Bill Rosenberg

Sheref Sabawy

Amarjot Sandhu

Hon. Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria

Stéphane Sarrazin

Brian Saunderson

Hon. Laurie Scott

Dave Smith

David Smith

Hon. Graydon Smith

Laura Smith

Hon. Nina Tangri

Hon. Vijay Thanigasalam

Hon. Lisa M. Thompson

Hon. Michael A. Tibollo

Paul Vickers

Daisy Wai

Hon. Charmaine A. Williams

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