Bill 97 explained in plain English
Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month Act, 2019
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 97 of 2019 proclaims the month of April as Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month in Ontario.
This bill, titled the Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month Act, 2019, proclaims the month of April each year as Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month in Ontario. The preamble to the bill recognizes that Ontario is a diverse place and that genocide has impacted many families and communities. It specifically lists several groups against whom genocides have been committed, including Assyrians-Chaldeans-Syriacs, Pontian Greeks, residents of Nanjing, Tamil-speaking people in Sri Lanka, Yazidis in Iraq, Christian populations of Iraq and Syria, and Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. The bill notes the connection of April to historical genocides, such as the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, and the Rwandan Genocide.
- Proclaims the month of April in each year as Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The general public in Ontario.
- Communities and families affected by genocide.
- Religious and ethnic communities in Ontario.
- April of each year
- The day the Act receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify any particular activities or events that must occur during Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month.
Establishes the month of April each year as Genocide Awareness, Commemoration, Prevention and Education Month.
Source: Section 1
The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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