[41] Bill 156 Original (PDF)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
June 21 in each year is proclaimed as Indigenous Day.
Indigenous Day will be a public holiday under the Employment Standards Act, 2000. It will be a holiday under the Retail Business Holidays Act. It will be a school holiday under the Education Act. It will be a holiday under Acts and regulations that rely on the definition of holiday in the Legislation Act, 2006. It will be a holiday under regulations that have a provision setting out what a holiday is.
When Indigenous Day falls on a weekend, the following Monday will be the holiday instead.
Bill 156 2017
An Act to proclaim Indigenous Day and make it a holiday
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
Indigenous Day
1 June 21 in each year is proclaimed as Indigenous Day.
Education Act
2 Section 11 of the Education Act is amended by adding the following subsection:
Deemed content in school holiday regulations
(7.0.1) The regulations made under clause (7) (a) are deemed to provide that Indigenous Day, or, when Indigenous Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday instead, is a school holiday for a school that would otherwise be open on Indigenous Day.
Employment Standards Act, 2000
3 The definition of "public holiday" in subsection 1 (1) of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 is amended by adding the following paragraph:
3.1 Indigenous Day, or, when Indigenous Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday instead.
Legislation Act, 2006
4 (1) Subsection 88 (2) of the Legislation Act, 2006 is amended by adding the following paragraph:
5.1 Indigenous Day, or, when Indigenous Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday instead.
(2) Section 88 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:
Same
(2.1) Indigenous Day, or, when Indigenous Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday instead, is a holiday for the purpose of a regulation that has a provision setting out what a holiday is.
Retail Business Holidays Act
5 The definition of "holiday" in subsection 1 (1) of the Retail Business Holidays Act is amended by adding the following clause:
(c.1) Indigenous Day, or, when Indigenous Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday instead,
Commencement
6 This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Short title
7 The short title of this Act is the Indigenous Day Act, 2017.