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Bill 61 explained in plain English

Murray Whetung Community Service Award 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, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 61
Full title
Murray Whetung Community Service Award Act, 2021
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
Dec 1, 2021
Sponsor

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 2nd 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
Dec 1, 2021
Sponsor
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Short Version

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.

What It Means

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.

What This Bill Does
  • 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.
Who Is Affected
  • 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
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • 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.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • 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.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Murray Whetung Community Service Award Act, 2021
enacts

This Act creates a new framework for recognizing exceptional cadets.

Source: Title and Explanatory Note

Commencement Provision
commencement

The Act will become law on a date proclaimed by the Lieutenant Governor.

Source: Section 4

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
Dec 1, 2021
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
Dave Smith
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Peterborough—Kawartha
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.

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