Bill 19 explained in plain English
Vimy Ridge Day Act, 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Vimy Ridge Day Act, 2010, proclaims April 9th each year as Vimy Ridge Day in Ontario and requires Canadian flags at the Legislative Building to be flown at half-mast on that day.
This Ontario law proclaims April 9th of each year as Vimy Ridge Day. On this day, Canadian flags flown at the Legislative Building and its adjoining properties must be flown at half-mast. The law also states that it came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Proclaims April 9th of each year as Vimy Ridge Day in Ontario.
- Requires Canadian flags flown on the exterior of the Legislative Building and its adjoining premises to be flown at half-mast on April 9th each year.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Legislative Building
- Provincial government officials responsible for flying flags at the Legislative Building
- An obligation to fly Canadian flags at half-mast on the exterior of the Legislative Building and its adjoining premises on April 9th each year.
- April 9th of each year is proclaimed as Vimy Ridge Day.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The Act does not specify what constitutes 'adjoining premises' to the Legislative Building.
- The Act does not define what actions are to be taken on Vimy Ridge Day, other than the flying of flags at half-mast.
- The Act does not create any new programs or funding.
The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Source: Section 3
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