Bill 169 explained in plain English
Trans Day of Remembrance Act, 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 169 proclaims November 20th as the Trans Day of Remembrance and mandates a moment of silence for Legislative Assembly members.
This bill proclaims November 20th of each year as the Trans Day of Remembrance. It also requires members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to observe a one-minute moment of silence at 10:29 a.m. on that day, or on the next sitting Thursday if the Assembly is not in session on November 20th. This moment of silence is to honour transgender people who have died due to anti-transgender violence.
- Designates November 20th each year as the Trans Day of Remembrance.
- Requires members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to observe a one-minute moment of silence at 10:29 a.m. on November 20th.
- States that if the Legislative Assembly is not sitting on November 20th, the moment of silence will be observed at 10:29 a.m. on the next sitting Thursday.
- Specifies that the moment of silence is in honour of transgender people who have died as a result of anti-transgender violence.
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Transgender people who have died as a result of anti-trans violence (as the day honours them)
- Members of the Legislative Assembly are obligated to observe a one-minute moment of silence on the Trans Day of Remembrance.
- The Trans Day of Remembrance is established as an observance day.
- The purpose of the observance is to honour transgender people who have died as a result of anti-trans violence.
- November 20th of each year is proclaimed as the Trans Day of Remembrance.
- The moment of silence is to be observed at 10:29 a.m.
- If the Assembly is not sitting on November 20th, the moment of silence will be observed at 10:29 a.m. on the next sitting Thursday.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify what happens if the next sitting Thursday after November 20th is also not a sitting day.
- The bill does not detail who is responsible for ensuring the moment of silence is observed or what constitutes a failure to observe it.
The Act will come into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 3
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