history of the Ontario Legislature co-sponsored by Members from different parties. That bill established August 1 as Emancipation Day in Ontario, recognizing the day when slavery was abolished in the British Empire in 1834, and was passed into law. Another amendment he proposed to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Act, to ensure volunteer firefighters were covered under "presumptive legislation" in the same manner as full-time firefighters, was adopted as Government policy. Another bill he introduced, co-sponsored by Liberal and NDP MPPs was passed recognizing January 21 as "Lincoln Alexander Day" in Ontario. Later a similar bill was passed by the Parliament of Canada. His resolution proposing a massive expansion of volunteer tree-planting efforts in Ontario for the province's 150th anniversary in Confederation was passed by the House, leading to the announcement of "Ontario's Green Leaf Challenge" program. He is an Honorary Member of the Firefighters' Association of Ontario and the Ontario Association of Road Supervisors, in recognition of his work with those organizations. In recent years, he has worked with local partners, persistently and successfully advocating for a new Groves Memorial Community Hospital, supporting renovations and improvements to the Georgetown Hospital, the Highway 6 Morriston bypass project, a new Wilfrid Laurier University campus in Halton, a new Halton Courthouse, and other significant infrastructure projects. The National Post wrote in 2002 that Arnott has "long been known as one of the most decent politicians at Queen's Park." In 2004, Wilfrid Laurier University named him one of their graduates who are "making a difference around the world." In November 2016, Arnott announced his intention to run in the 2018 provincial election. On June 7, 2018, he was re-elected to the Ontario Legislature representing Wellington-Halton Hills, receiving 31,659 votes or 54% of the ballots cast by voters. On election night, he gave credit to his outstanding campaign volunteers for the win. Across the province, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario won the election. On July 11, 2018, Arnott was elected as Speaker of the Ontario Legislature on the first ballot. In the early months of the 42nd Provincial Parliament, Arnott struggled visibly in his new role. With a large number of newly elected MPPs routinely trading insults across the floor, his efforts to gain control of the raucous House were often drowned out by the noise. In July 2019, the Office of the Speaker released “Rules of Respect and Courtesy in the