Bill 43 explained in plain English
Consent Awareness Week Act, 2025
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 44th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Consent Awareness Week Act, 2025, proclaims the week beginning on the third Monday in September each year as Consent Awareness Week in Ontario.
This bill, titled the Consent Awareness Week Act, 2025, aims to proclaim a specific week each year in Ontario to raise awareness about consent. The week designated for this observance is the week beginning on the third Monday in September. The preamble to the bill highlights statistics on sexual assault in Canada and Ontario, emphasizing the importance of understanding consent for safety and respect, particularly among young people in educational and work settings. It also notes that many colleges and universities in Ontario already hold events for Consent Awareness Week and that this bill would expand this opportunity.
- Proclaims the week beginning on the third Monday in September of each year as Consent Awareness Week.
- Establishes the short title of the Act as the Consent Awareness Week Act, 2025.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- All residents of Ontario
- Students
- Educators
- Post-secondary institutes
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Consent Awareness Week will be held annually starting the third Monday in September.
- The bill does not specify any particular activities or obligations that must occur during Consent Awareness Week.
- The bill does not detail how the proclamation of Consent Awareness Week will be communicated or promoted.
The Act will come into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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