Bill 119 explained in plain English
First Responders Day Act, 2012
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 119, the First Responders Day Act, 2012, proclaims May 1st of each year as First Responders Day in Ontario.
This Act declares May 1st of each year as "First Responders Day" in Ontario. It aims to recognize and honour the contributions of individuals who are the first to arrive at the scene of an emergency, including police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and others who work to protect life and property.
- Declares May 1st of each year as "First Responders Day" in Ontario.
- Provides the short title of the Act as the "First Responders Day Act, 2012".
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- First responders (police officers, firefighters, military personnel, paramedics, medical evacuation pilots, dispatchers, nurses, doctors, emergency medical technicians).
- The public, in recognition of first responders.
- May 1st (annually proclaimed as First Responders Day)
- The day the Act receives Royal Assent (when it comes into force).
- The Act proclaims a day of observance and does not create specific programs, services, or funding for first responders.
The Act comes into effect on the date it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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