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Bill 299 explained in plain English

Anti-Asian Racism Education Month Act, 2021

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 299
Full title
Anti-Asian Racism Education Month Act, 2021
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Debated
Last updated
Jun 14, 2021
Sponsor

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.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Debated
Latest Activity
Jun 14, 2021
Sponsor
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

Bill 299 proclaims May of each year as Anti-Asian Racism Education Month in Ontario to honour the contributions of people of Asian heritage and combat anti-Asian racism.

What It Means

This Act, called the Anti-Asian Racism Education Month Act, 2021, proclaims the month of May each year as Anti-Asian Racism Education Month in Ontario. The purpose is to recognize the contributions of people of Asian heritage to Canada and to help combat anti-Asian racism.

What This Bill Does
  • Proclaims May of each year as Anti-Asian Racism Education Month.
  • Recognizes the contributions and history of Canadians of Asian heritage.
  • Aims to help combat and eliminate anti-Asian racism in Ontario.
Who Is Affected
  • The public in Ontario
  • People of Asian heritage in Ontario
  • Educational institutions in Ontario
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify how Anti-Asian Racism Education Month will be observed or what activities will take place during this month.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Anti-Asian Racism Education Month Act, 2021
enactment

This Act establishes the proclamation of May as Anti-Asian Racism Education Month.

Source: Section 1

Commencement provision
commencement

The Act came into force on the day it received 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
Jun 14, 2021
Step 2
Second reading
Jun 14, 2021
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
Vincent Ke
Sponsor party or district not listed
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