Bill 17 explained in plain English
Jewish Heritage Month Act, 2012
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
At a glance
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.
Our plain-language take, written for civic education.
Source: By PoliticalData.ca
Bill 17 proclaims the month of May as Jewish Heritage Month in Ontario, acknowledging the contributions of Jewish Canadians.
This bill proclaims the month of May each year as Jewish Heritage Month in Ontario. It recognizes the historical and ongoing contributions of Jewish Canadians to the social, economic, political, and cultural life of the province. The month serves as an opportunity to remember, celebrate, and educate future generations about the role of Jewish Canadians in Ontario.
- Proclaims the month of May in each year as Jewish Heritage Month.
- Recognizes the contributions of Jewish Canadians to Ontario's social, economic, political, and cultural fabric.
- Provides an occasion to remember, celebrate, and educate about the role of Jewish Canadians in Ontario.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Province of Ontario
- Jewish Canadians
- The general public in Ontario
- The Act came into force on April 24, 2012, the day it received Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify any funding or programs associated with Jewish Heritage Month.
- The bill does not outline specific activities or events to be held during Jewish Heritage Month.
Establishes the month of May as Jewish Heritage Month in Ontario.
Source: Section 1
The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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 textProcess Snapshot
Vote Summary
This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.
No published representative vote breakdown
The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.
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