Bill S-209
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70 Elizabeth II, 2021 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
An Act respecting Pandemic Observance Day
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FIRST READING, November 24, 2021
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THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Mégie |
SUMMARY
This enactment designates March 11th in each and every year as “Pandemic Observance Day”.
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Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en |
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70 Elizabeth II, 2021 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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BILL S-209 |
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An Act respecting Pandemic Observance Day |
Preamble
Whereas, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic as a global pandemic;
And whereas March 11, 2021, was designated — by order in council on March 8, 2021, and by proclamation on March 31, 2021 — as a “National Day of Observance” to honour those who have died of COVID-19, to recognize those working on the front lines and to acknowledge COVID-19’s serious effects on the health of Canada’s population;
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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1 This Act may be cited as the Pandemic Day Act.
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2 Throughout Canada, in each and every year, the 11th day of March is to be known as “Pandemic Observance Day”.
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Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
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