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MPP Jim Brownell’s private members’ bill receives Royal Assent
Jim Brownell
MPP - Stormont, Dundas, South Glengarry

MPP Jim Brownell’s private members’ bill receives Royal Assent
On June 1st, 2011, MPP Jim Brownell’s Private Members' Bill, Bill 185- An Act to Proclaim British Home Child Day, received Royal Assent by the Chief Justice of the Province of Ontario, the Honourable Mr. Justice Warren K. Winkler.
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Cornwall - Jun. 3, 2011 - On June 1st, 2011, MPP Jim Brownell’s Private Members' Bill, Bill 185- An Act to Proclaim British Home Child Day, received Royal Assent by the Chief Justice of the Province of Ontario, the Honourable Mr. Justice Warren K. Winkler.

In a brief ceremony in the Lieutenant-Governor's suite at Queen's Park, Chief Justice Winkler signed his name to the bill.

British Home Child Day will be celebrated on September 28th of each year in Ontario. Bill 185 received second and third reading in the Legislature of Ontario on May 19th, 2011, and was then sent to the Lieutenant-Governor's office for Royal Assent.

Bill 185 was co-sponsored by MPP Cheri DiNovo (Parkdale-Highpark) and MPP Steve Clark (Leeds-Grenville).

“May we long remember and honour the courage, strength and determination of our British Home Children ancestors, and celebrate their wonderful legacies,” said Jim Brownell, MPP for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry.


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