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Bill 117 explained in plain English

Skilled Trades Week Act, 2023

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
43rd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 117
Full title
Skilled Trades Week Act, 2023
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Ordered referred to Standing Committee (Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs)
Last updated
Sep 28, 2023

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 43rd 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
Ordered referred to Standing Committee (Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs)
Latest Activity
Sep 28, 2023
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 117 declares a week in Ontario each year as Skilled Trades Week to recognize the importance of skilled trades.

What It Means

This bill, the Skilled Trades Week Act, 2023, declares a specific week each year as "Skilled Trades Week" in Ontario. The purpose is to recognize and celebrate the contributions of skilled tradespeople to the province's economy and society.

What This Bill Does
  • Declares that the third full week of May in each year is to be known as Skilled Trades Week.
  • Encourages "activities, events and programs" to be held during Skilled Trades Week to recognize and celebrate skilled tradespeople.
  • Stipulates that the Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint a day or days for the observance of Skilled Trades Week.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Skilled tradespeople
  • The general public in Ontario
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
  • Skilled Trades Week will be observed as the third full week of May in each year.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The text provided does not specify which day or days the Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint for the observance of Skilled Trades Week.
  • The text provided does not detail the specific types of activities, events, or programs that are encouraged for Skilled Trades Week.

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
May 31, 2023
Step 2
Second reading
Sep 28, 2023
Step 3
Committee review
Sep 28, 2023
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
David Smith
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Scarborough Centre
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