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Bill 54 explained in plain English

Great Lakes Day Act, 2018

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
41st Parliament, 3rd Session
Bill number
Bill 54
Full title
Great Lakes Day Act, 2018
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
Apr 18, 2018

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 3rd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Carried
Latest Activity
Apr 18, 2018
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

AI-assisted, reviewed before publishing
Short Version

The Great Lakes Day Act, 2018, establishes June 7th annually as Great Lakes Day in Ontario to promote awareness of the Great Lakes and the need for their stewardship.

What It Means

This bill proclaims June 7 every year as Great Lakes Day in Ontario. It aims to raise awareness about the importance of the Great Lakes as a source of fresh water, habitat for species, and economic resource, and to highlight the shared responsibility of protecting them for the future. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Proclaims June 7 in each year as Great Lakes Day in Ontario.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • The public in Ontario.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
  • June 7 is proclaimed as Great Lakes Day each year.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify any activities or events that must or must not occur on Great Lakes Day.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Great Lakes Day Act, 2018
commencement

This new 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 text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Apr 18, 2018
Step 2
Second reading
Not reached yet
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill is still active. We only show vote counts after the legislature publishes a recorded division.

Sponsor
Lisa M. Thompson
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Huron—Bruce
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

This bill is still moving through the process. When a recorded division is published, representative positions can be listed here.

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