Bill 168 explained in plain English
Combating Antisemitism Act, 2020
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Combating Antisemitism Act, 2020, mandates the Ontario government to use a specific definition of antisemitism when interpreting relevant legislation and policies and formally incorporates this definition into the Legislation Act, 2006.
This bill requires the Government of Ontario to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism, including its examples, when interpreting laws, regulations, and policies aimed at protecting people from discrimination and hate related to antisemitism. It also amends the Legislation Act, 2006, to include this definition.
- Requires the Government of Ontario to be guided by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism when interpreting Ontario Acts, regulations, and policies designed to protect against discrimination and hate that amounts to antisemitism.
- Amends the Legislation Act, 2006, to include a definition of "antisemitism" that refers to the working definition and illustrative examples adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on May 26, 2016.
- The Government of Ontario
- Ontarians who may be protected from discrimination and hate amounting to antisemitism.
- The Government of Ontario has an obligation to be guided by the specified definition of antisemitism when interpreting relevant laws, regulations, and policies.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The bill does not define what constitutes "discrimination" or "hate" beyond antisemitism.
- The bill does not create new enforcement mechanisms or penalties for non-compliance with the interpretive guidance.
- The specific application and interpretation of the "working definition of antisemitism and the list of illustrative examples" by government ministries and agencies are not detailed.
Adds a definition for "antisemitism" that refers to the working definition and examples adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
Source: Section 2
Specifies that the Government of Ontario must use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism when interpreting these instruments.
Source: Section 1
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