Bill 61 explained in plain English
Murray Whetung Community Service Award Act, 2021
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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The Murray Whetung Community Service Award Act, 2021, mandates the creation of annual awards for exceptional cadets in Air, Army, and Sea Cadet corps across Ontario, recognizing their community and corps citizenship and volunteerism.
This bill proposes the creation of the Murray Whetung Community Service Award Act, 2021. It requires the Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries to establish an annual award for exceptional cadets in Royal Canadian Air Cadet, Army Cadet, and Sea Cadet corps. The award is for cadets who demonstrate outstanding citizenship and volunteerism within their community and their corps. The Act will come into effect on a date proclaimed by the Lieutenant Governor.
- Establishes an annual award for cadets.
- Requires the Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries to provide for the award.
- Specifies that the award is for cadets in local Royal Canadian Air Cadet, Royal Canadian Army Cadet, and Royal Canadian Sea Cadet corps.
- States that the award recognizes cadets selected by their corps for demonstrating exceptional citizenship and volunteerism within their community and corps.
- Sets the short title of the Act as the Murray Whetung Community Service Award Act, 2021.
- Includes a commencement provision that states the Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- The Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries
- Cadets in local Royal Canadian Air Cadet corps
- Cadets in local Royal Canadian Army Cadet corps
- Cadets in local Royal Canadian Sea Cadet corps
- Local Royal Canadian Air Cadet corps
- Local Royal Canadian Army Cadet corps
- Local Royal Canadian Sea Cadet corps
- The Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries is obligated to provide for an annual award.
- Cadets have the potential to receive an award for exceptional citizenship and volunteerism.
- The Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- The specific details of how the award will be provided (e.g., monetary value, presentation) are not outlined in the bill.
- The exact date the Act comes into force is not specified, as it depends on a proclamation.
This Act creates a new framework for recognizing exceptional cadets.
Source: Title and Explanatory Note
The Act will become law on a date proclaimed by the Lieutenant Governor.
Source: Section 4
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