Consent Awareness Week Act, 2025
Sponsored by Sattler, Peggy, Gilmour, Alexa, Pasma, Chandra, Wong-Tam, Kristyn · First Reading Ordered for Second Reading
- Declares the week starting on the third Monday of September each year as Consent Awareness Week in Ontario
- Aims to promote public understanding and practice of consent
- Cites that only 45 per cent of Canadians fully understand what consent entails
- References 2019 data showing about 940,000 sexual assault incidents, with only 6 per cent reported to police
- Notes 45 colleges and universities already hold Consent Awareness Week activities on campus
- Encourages all post-secondary institutions and Ontarians to mark the week with awareness activities
- Act takes effect immediately upon receiving Royal Assent