Bill S-240 (Historical)

National Day of Service Act

An Act respecting a national day of service to honour the courage and sacrifice of Canadians in the face of terrorism, particularly the events of September 11, 2001

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in December 2009.

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of Dec. 15, 2009
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment designates the 11th day of September in each and every year as “National Day of Service”.

Similar bills

S-209 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) National Day of Service Act

Elsewhere

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

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other S-240s:

S-240 (2022) An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (definition of income)
S-240 (2017) An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs)
S-240 (2008) An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999