Hazel McCallion Day Act, 2016 Mangat, Amrit Hatfield, Percy Jones, Sylvia — Bill 16 (41st Parliament, 2nd Session)

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Bill 16, Hazel McCallion Day Act, 2016

Mangat, Amrit

Hatfield, Percy

Jones, Sylvia

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Bill 16 2016

Act to proclaim Hazel McCallion Day

Preamble

Hazel

McCallion served in public office continuously from 1968 until her retirement

in 2014. She was first elected mayor of Streetsville in 1970 and then as a

councillor in Mississauga and in the newly created Region of Peel in 1974.

Following two terms as a councillor, she was elected mayor of Mississauga in

the 1978 municipal election. During her historic thirty-six years in that

office she oversaw the incredible growth and urban transformation of

Mississauga from a city of 280,850 residents in 1978 to Canada's sixth largest

city in 2011, with more than 713,000 residents. Her tenure as Mississauga's

mayor is the longest in the city's history and she has received numerous awards

and honours for her lifetime of contributions to her community.

Though

retired from politics, she remains an active champion of major

Mississauga-based projects, including the University of Toronto (Mississauga)

and Sheridan College. Her years of service to her community have been

recognized through the dedication of public facilities in her honour, such as

the Hazel McCallion Campus (Sheridan College), the Hazel McCallion Academic

Learning Centre (University of Toronto Mississauga), the Hazel McCallion Senior

Public School in Streetsville and the Hazel McCallion Centre for Heart Health

(Trillium Health Centre). She has been an active fundraiser for local and

international charities.

McCallion's

achievements are notable for their number and scale, as well as the social

atmosphere in which she began her career. Though women had been elected mayor

of other Canadian cities previous to McCallion, political life was nonetheless

widely regarded during the 1960s – when she entered politics – to be a man's

domain. Her participation in public life since that time makes her a brilliant

example to women and, indeed, all Ontarians. As our province strives to

eliminate gender-based discrimination, her professional life and numerous

contributions are reflective of the leadership role that women can, and should,

be entitled to seek in a fair and just society.

honour of her lifetime of contributions, it is appropriate to recognize

February 14th (McCallion's birthday) in each year as Hazel McCallion Day in

Ontario.

Therefore,

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

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Hazel

McCallion Day

1. February

14th in each year is proclaimed as Hazel McCallion Day.

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 Hazel McCallion Day Act,

2016 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This

Explanatory Note was written as a reader's aid to Bill 16 and does not form

part of the law. Bill 16 has been enacted as

Chapter 27 of the Statutes of

Ontario, 2016.

The

Bill proclaims February 14th in each year as Hazel McCallion Day.

[41] Bill 16 Original (PDF)