Bill 100 explained in plain English
Honouring our Veterans Act, 2017
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Honouring our Veterans Act, 2017, allows eligible veterans to have their status noted on their Ontario driver's licence or photo card.
This bill proposes to allow individuals to have their status as a veteran identified on their Ontario driver's licence or photo card. To be identified as a veteran, an individual must request this identification when applying for or renewing their licence or card, and they must be certified as a veteran by the Royal Canadian Legion – Ontario Command. If these conditions are met, the licence or card will include the text "VETERAN/ANCIEN COMBATTANT" below the individual's photograph.
- Allows individuals to request that their driver's licence or photo card identify them as a veteran.
- Specifies that the identification will be added if the individual is certified as a veteran by the Royal Canadian Legion – Ontario Command.
- States that the identification will appear as "VETERAN/ANCIEN COMBATTANT" on a yellow background below the photograph on the licence or card.
- Provides the Lieutenant Governor in Council with the authority to make regulations to help implement the Act.
- Sets the commencement of the Act to six months after it receives Royal Assent.
- Individuals who are serving or have served honourably in the Canadian Armed Forces, including the Reserve Force (referred to as 'veterans').
- The Royal Canadian Legion – Ontario Command (responsible for certifying veteran status).
- The Ministry responsible for issuing driver's licences and photo cards in Ontario.
- Individuals have the right to request veteran identification on their driver's licence or photo card at the time of issuance or renewal.
- The driver's licence or photo card *shall* be issued with the veteran identification if the individual requests it and is certified by the Royal Canadian Legion – Ontario Command.
- The Act comes into force six months after it receives Royal Assent.
- The specific process or criteria the Royal Canadian Legion – Ontario Command will use for certifying an individual as a veteran is not detailed in the bill.
- The bill does not specify what happens if an individual is no longer certified by the Royal Canadian Legion – Ontario Command after their licence or card has been issued with the veteran identification.
- The bill does not specify if there are any costs associated with this identification.
Driver's licences and photo cards may now include a "VETERAN/ANCIEN COMBATTANT" designation if requested by an eligible individual.
Source: Sections 1 (2) and (3)
The Lieutenant Governor in Council may create regulations to facilitate the implementation of this Act.
Source: Section 1 (4)
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