p42 s1 bill 97 b097 e.pdf

Ontario — Bills

1ST SESSION, 42ND LEGISLATURE, ONTARIO ELIZABETH II, 2019 Bill

An Act to proclaim Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month Mr. A. Babikian Private Member’s Bill 1st Reading April 8, 2019 2nd Reading 3rd Reading Royal Assent Bill

An Act to proclaim Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month

Preamble Ontario is a place that embraces diversity. Genocide has affected the lives of many Ontario families and communities. Ontario is home to many religious and ethnic communities who have been persecuted in the past. In addition to the genocides that either the Legislative Assembly of Ontario or the Parliament of Canada, or both, have recognized, Ontario recognizes the genocides committed against the following communities: 1. The Assyrians-Chaldeans-Syriacs from to 1922. 2. The Pontian Greeks from to 1923. 3. The residents of Nanjing from to 1938. 4. The Tamil-speaking people in Sri Lanka from to 2009. 5.

The Yazidis in Iraq from to under Daesh. 6. Christian populations of Iraq and Syria from to under Daesh. 7. The Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar from to 2017. The month of April has a connect ion with a number of genocides. The Holocaust against the Jewish people and the Armenian and Rwandan Genocides began in the month of April . On April 24, 2015, the House of Commons of Canada passed a motion designating April as Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month.

Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month The month of April in each year is proclaimed as Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month. Commencement This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

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short title of this Act is the Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month Act, 2019. ______________ EXPLANATORY NOTE The Bill proclaims the month of April in each year as Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	p42 s1 bill 97 b097 e.pdf
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