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1st Session, 37th Parliament, 49-50 Elizabeth II,
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House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-214 |
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An Act to establish the Holocaust Memorial
Day
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| Preamble
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Whereas the Holocaust refers to a specific
event in history, namely, the deliberate and
planned state-sponsored persecution and
annihilation of European Jewry by the Nazis
and their collaborators between 1933 and
1945;
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Whereas six million Jewish men, women
and children perished under this policy of
hatred and genocide;
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Whereas millions of others were victims of
that policy because of their physical or mental
disabilities, race, religion or sexual
orientation;
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Whereas the terrible destruction and pain
of the Holocaust must never be forgotten;
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Whereas systematic violence, genocide,
persecution, racism and hatred continue to
occur throughout the world;
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Whereas the House of Commons is
committed to using legislation, education and
example to protect Canadians from violence,
racism and hatred and to stopping those who
foster or commit crimes of violence, racism
and hatred;
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And Whereas Yom ha-Shoah or the Day of
the Holocaust, as determined in each year by
the Jewish lunar calendar, is an opportune day
to reflect on and educate about the enduring
lessons of the Holocaust and to reaffirm a
commitment to uphold human rights and to
value the diversity and multiculturalism of the
Canadian society;
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Now, Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate and House of
Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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SHORT TITLE |
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| Short title
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1. This act may be cited as the Holocaust
Memorial Day Act.
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| Holocaust
Memorial
Day - Yom
ha-Shoah
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2. Yom ha-Shoah or the Day of the
Holocaust as determined in each year by the
Jewish lunar calendar, is proclaimed as
``Holocaust Memorial Day-Yom ha-Shoah''.
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