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Bill 132, Tartan Act, 1997

Ross, Lillian

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Tartan Act, 1997

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill adopts a provincial tartan for Ontario.

Bill 1321997

An Act to adopt an

official tartan for Ontario

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Provincial tartan

1. The tartan described in the

Schedule to this Act is adopted as the tartan of the Province of Ontario.

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 Tartan Act, 1997 .

SCHEDULE

Description of the tartan of the Province of Ontario

The tartan of the Province of Ontario consists of four blocks of colour.

The first block is called the mixed green block and consists of 129 threads disposed as follows:

Two white;

Twenty dark green;

Two red;

Twenty dark green;

Four red;

Two mid green;

Two red;

Twenty-five mid green;

Two red;

Two mid green;

Four red;

Twenty mid green;

Two red;

Twenty dark green; and

Two white.

The second block is called the forest green block and consists of 129 threads disposed as follows:

Two white;

Twenty navy blue;

Two red;

Twenty forest green;

Four red;

Two forest green;

Two red;

Twenty-five forest green;

Two red;

Two forest green;

Four red;

Twenty forest green;

Two red;

Twenty navy blue; and

Two white.

The third block is called the mid blue block and consists of 82 threads disposed as follows:

Two mid blue;

Four red;

Thirty mid blue;

Two red;

Six white;

Two red;

Thirty mid blue;

Four red; and

Two mid blue.

The fourth block is called the navy blue block and consists of 82 threads disposed as follows:

Two navy blue;

Four red;

Thirty navy blue;

Two red;

Six white;

Two red;

Thirty navy blue;

Four red; and

Two navy blue.

The four blocks are arranged in the following pattern so that,

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a) the mixed green block is adjacent to the forest green block in the width and to the mid blue block in the length; and

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b) the forest green block is adjacent to the mixed green block in the width and to the navy blue block in the length.

Mixed green block Forest green block

Mid blue block Navy blue block

The pattern of the four blocks repeats across the entire width and length of the material.

In the tartan, the shades of green represent the forests and fields of Ontario, the red represents the First Nations of Ontario, the shades of blue represent the waters of Ontario and the white represents the sky over Ontario.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

August 21, 1997

Ordered for Third Reading

August 21, 1997

Reported without amendment

August 20, 1997

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly

June 5, 1997

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly

June 5, 1997

Second Reading

Carried

May 15, 1997

First Reading

Carried

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