Remembrance Day Observance Act, 2025
Sponsored by Jamie West NDP
44th Parliament, Session 1
About this Bill
TL;DR
- • Requires schools and workplaces to observe Remembrance Day
- • Strengthens existing veterans' commemoration requirements
- • Broadly supported across all parties
- • Formalises practices that many institutions already follow
Amends the Remembrance Day and Veterans' Week Act to require schools and workplaces to hold appropriate observances on Remembrance Day, strengthening existing provisions that encourage but do not mandate commemoration.
The bill has been broadly supported across party lines as a non-controversial measure to ensure consistent and meaningful observance of Remembrance Day throughout Ontario's public institutions.
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An Act to amend the Remembrance Day and Veterans' Week Act, 2024 with respect to schools and workplaces.
Legislative Progress
First Reading
First Reading
Oct 28, 2025
Second Reading
Second Reading
Nov 26, 2025
Committee
Committee
Nov 26, 2025
Report Stage
Report Stage
Nov 26, 2025
Third Reading
Third Reading
Royal Assent
Royal Assent