Bill 54 2003

An Act to amend the
Ministry of Citizenship
and Culture Act

Preamble

The Government of Ontario desires to provide information, upon request, to assist municipalities and charitable institutions in constructing memorials to honour persons who are or were residents of Ontario and who served in the armed services of Canada in any wars outside Canada during the 20th century.

Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The Ministry of Citizenship and Culture Act is amended by adding the following section:

Information for memorials to war veterans

12. (1) Out of the money appropriated annually to the Ministry by the Legislature, the Ministry shall establish a program under which a municipality or a charitable institution as defined in section 1 of the Charitable Institutions Act may obtain from the Ministry information that the Ministry considers relevant to constructing a memorial to honour persons who are or were residents of Ontario and who served in the armed services of Canada in any wars outside Canada during the 20th century.

Information

(2) The information mentioned in subsection (1) shall include,

(a) design and technical information about the construction of memorials described in that subsection;

(b) information about resources that are available to the public and that may assist in identifying and locating persons described in that subsection; and

(c) information about existing programs of the Government of Ontario that may provide financial assistance for the construction of memorials described in that subsection.

Recognition scroll

(3) If a municipality or a charitable institution as defined in section 1 of the Charitable Institutions Act constructs a memorial described in subsection (1) and submits to the Ministry a list of the names and addresses of persons described in that subsection whom the memorial honours, the Ministry shall remit to those persons that it considers come within the description of persons set out in that subsection, or their personal representatives if they are dead, a scroll of recognition indicating that a memorial has been constructed in their honour.

Delivery

(4) Under subsection (3), the Ministry shall remit the scroll of recognition by mail to the person at the address provided to the Ministry.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

3. The short title of this Act is the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture Amendment Act, 2003.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture Act to require the Ministry to establish a program to provide information, upon request, to a municipality or a charitable institution about constructing a memorial to honour persons who are or were residents of Ontario and who served in the armed services of Canada in any wars outside Canada during the 20th century. If a body constructs such a memorial, the Ministry is required to remit a scroll of recognition to those persons whom the memorial honours and who the Ministry considers come within the description of persons who may properly be honoured.