Bill 180 explained in plain English
Workers Day of Mourning 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 Workers Day of Mourning Act, 2016, designates April 28th annually as a day of remembrance for injured or deceased workers and mandates flying flags at half-mast at specified public buildings.
This bill, now the Workers Day of Mourning Act, 2016, proclaims April 28th each year as a day to remember workers who have died, been injured, or become ill due to work-related incidents. It also requires Canadian and Ontario flags to be flown at half-mast on this day outside various public buildings, including government buildings, courthouses, municipalities, educational institutions, hospitals, and police and fire stations. The Act allows for regulations to prescribe other organizations that must also fly flags at half-mast.
- Proclaims April 28th of each year as 'Workers Day of Mourning'.
- Requires Canadian and Ontario flags to be flown at half-mast on April 28th at various specified public buildings.
- Allows the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations prescribing additional persons or organizations for the purpose of flying flags at half-mast.
- Workers in Ontario
- Families of workers killed, injured, or made ill by work-related incidents
- The Legislative Building
- Government of Ontario buildings
- Courthouses
- Crown agencies
- Municipalities (including city and town halls)
- Local boards
- School boards
- Schools and private schools
- Universities and colleges of applied arts and technology
- Other post-secondary institutions
- Hospitals
- Boards of health
- The Ontario Provincial Police
- Municipal police forces
- Fire departments
- Ambulance services
- Any other person or organization prescribed by regulation.
- The obligation to fly Canadian and Ontario flags at half-mast on April 28th at specified public buildings.
- April 28th is proclaimed as Workers Day of Mourning each year.
- The Act came into force on June 9, 2016 (the day it received Royal Assent).
- The Act allows for regulations to prescribe 'any other person or organization' to fly flags at half-mast, meaning the full scope of affected entities is not exhaustively listed in the Act itself.
- The specific protocol for 'half-mast' is not detailed within the Act.
Establishes April 28 as Workers Day of Mourning and mandates flag flying protocols.
Source: Sections 1, 2, 5
Allows for the creation of regulations to further define which entities must fly flags at half-mast.
Source: Section 3
Defines 'municipality' and 'local board' for the purposes of buildings where flags must be flown at half-mast.
Source: Section 2(4)(ii) and (iii)
Defines 'board' and 'school'/'private school' for the purposes of buildings where flags must be flown at half-mast.
Source: Section 2(4)(iv) and (v)
Defines 'hospital' for the purposes of buildings where flags must be flown at half-mast.
Source: Section 2(4)(vii)
Defines 'board of health' for the purposes of buildings where flags must be flown at half-mast.
Source: Section 2(4)(viii)
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