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Bill 38, Remembrance Week Amendment Act, 2021

Gill, Hon. Parm Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism

Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2021,

chapter 38

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s

aid to Bill 38 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 38 has been enacted as

Chapter 33 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2021.

The

Remembrance Week Act, 2016 is amended to provide

that every worker in Ontario has the right to wear a poppy in the workplace

during Remembrance Week.

Bill 38 2021

Act to amend the Remembrance Week Act, 2016

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The

Preamble to the Remembrance Week Act, 2016 is

amended by adding the following paragraph after the second paragraph:

Poppies

are worn during Remembrance Week as a symbol of remembrance and respect.

Section 3 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Right

to wear a poppy

(1) Every

worker in Ontario has the right to wear a poppy in the workplace during

Remembrance Week.

Same,

limit

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply if the wearing of a poppy may pose a danger or hazard to the

health, safety or welfare of any person.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Remembrance Week

Amendment Act, 2021 .

Bill 38 Original (PDF)

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Remembrance Week Act, 2016 is amended to provide

that every worker in Ontario has the right to wear a poppy in the workplace during

Remembrance Week.

Bill 38 2021

Act to amend the Remembrance Week Act, 2016

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The

Preamble to the Remembrance Week Act, 2016 is

amended by adding the following paragraph after the second paragraph:

Poppies

are worn during Remembrance Week as a symbol of remembrance and respect.

Section 3 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Right

to wear a poppy

(1) Every

worker in Ontario has the right to wear a poppy in the workplace during

Remembrance Week.

Same,

limit

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply if the wearing of a poppy may pose a danger or hazard to the

health, safety or welfare of any person.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Remembrance Week Amendment Act, 2021 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

November 9, 2021

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

November 2, 2021

Third Reading

Vote

Carried

November 2, 2021

Third Reading

Question put

November 2, 2021

Third Reading

Ordered for Third Reading pursuant to the Order of the House

November 2, 2021

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

November 2, 2021

Second Reading

Debated

November 2, 2021

First Reading

Motion to arrange proceedings

October 28, 2021

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

October 28, 2021

Committee

Second Reading

Motion to Arrange Proceedings

November 2, 2021

Declared carried.

November 2, 2021

Principal Debaters :

Mr. Michael Parsa, Mrs. Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens, Ms. Donna Skelly, Mr. John Vanthof, Mr. Stephen Blais, Mr. John Fraser

Declared carried. Ordered for third reading pursuant to the order of the House.

Committee

Third Reading

November 2, 2021

Declared carried.

Royal Assent

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Acts affected - Bill 38

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

Remembrance Week Act, 2016

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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