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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70 Elizabeth II, 2021

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-209
An Act respecting Pandemic Observance Day

FIRST READING, November 24, 2021

THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Mégie

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SUMMARY

This enactment designates March 11th in each and every year as “Pandemic Observance Day”.

Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en


1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70 Elizabeth II, 2021

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-209

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:

Short Title

Short title

1This Act may be cited as the Pandemic Day Act.

Pandemic Observance Day

Pandemic Observance Day

2Throughout Canada, in each and every year, the 11th day of March is to be known as “Pandemic Observance Day”.

Published under authority of the Senate of Canada

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