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Bill 124 explained in plain English

Mining Awareness Week Act, 2026

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 124
Full title
Mining Awareness Week Act, 2026
Current status
In Progress
Latest event
Ordered for Second Reading
Last updated
May 26, 2026
Sponsor

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 44th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Ordered for Second Reading
Latest Activity
May 26, 2026
Sponsor
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

AI-assisted, reviewed before publishing
Short Version

Bill 124 establishes Mining Awareness Week in Ontario as the week beginning on the third Monday in February each year.

What It Means

Bill 124 is a short Ontario law that proclaims Mining Awareness Week. It designates the week that begins on the third Monday in February each year as Mining Awareness Week in Ontario. This is meant to increase public awareness of the importance of mining to Ontario's economy and the careers and innovation that the mining industry enables. The bill comes into force when it receives Royal Assent.

Uncertainties Or Limits
  • This draft was normalized from a partial local-model response and must be reviewed before publication.

Generated using AI from official bill text. Not legal advice. It is written by PoliticalData.ca for civic education, automatically checked and spot-reviewed before publishing.

Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
May 26, 2026
Step 2
Second reading
Date not listed
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill is still active. We only show vote counts after the legislature publishes a recorded division.

Sponsor
Jamie West
New Democratic Party of Ontario | Sudbury
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

This bill is still moving through the process. When a recorded division is published, representative positions can be listed here.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

How this data is sourced