Bill 170 explained in plain English
Men's Health Awareness Week 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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The Men's Health Awareness Week Act, 2016, designates the week before the third Sunday in June as Men's Health Awareness Week in Ontario.
This bill, known as the Men's Health Awareness Week Act, 2016, proclaims the week that comes before the third Sunday in June each year as Men's Health Awareness Week in Ontario. The bill's preamble states that men's health is important for individuals, families, communities, and society in Ontario. It suggests that designating this week provides an opportunity to raise awareness and encourage efforts to improve men's health.
- It proclaims that the week immediately preceding the third Sunday in June of each year is to be known as Men's Health Awareness Week.
- It states that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- It provides the short title of the Act as the Men's Health Awareness Week Act, 2016.
- Men in Ontario
- Families in Ontario
- Communities in Ontario
- Employers in Ontario
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Men's Health Awareness Week is the week immediately preceding the third Sunday in June each year.
- The bill does not specify any programs, initiatives, or activities that must or must not occur during Men's Health Awareness Week.
- The bill does not create any new government programs or funding related to men's health awareness.
The Act will become law on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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