Albanian Heritage Month Act

An act to establish Albanian Heritage Month

Sponsor

Yvan Baker  Liberal

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Nov. 1, 2023

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Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment designates the month of November as “Albanian Heritage Month”.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Albanian Heritage Month ActRoutine Proceedings

November 1st, 2023 / 4:05 p.m.
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Liberal

Yvan Baker Liberal Etobicoke Centre, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-361, Albanian Heritage Month Act.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce a bill entitled the Albanian heritage month act. The bill, if passed, would designate the month of November every year as Albanian heritage month across Canada.

I would like to thank the member for Toronto—Danforth for seconding this bill. I hope all members of the House will support it.

Canada is home to many Canadians of Albanian heritage. Their contributions to our economic lives, our cultural lives, our social lives and much more span from coast to coast to coast. This bill, if passed, would give us another opportunity to celebrate Albanian heritage month. It would give us a chance to celebrate those contributions. It would also give Albanian Canadians and all Canadians another chance to say this:

[Member spoke in Albanian]

[English]

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)