Bill C-462 (Historical)

Canada Marine Day Act

An Act respecting a day to honour Canada’s marine industry

This bill was last introduced in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session, which ended in March 2011.

This bill was previously introduced in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session.

Sponsor

Malcolm Allen  NDP

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 Oct. 20, 2009
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

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

This enactment designates the last Monday in May in each and every year as “Canada Marine Day”.

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.

Canada Marine Day ActRoutine Proceedings

October 20th, 2009 / 10:05 a.m.


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NDP

Malcolm Allen NDP Welland, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-462, An Act respecting a day to honour Canada’s marine industry.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to present a private member's bill about a marine industry national holiday for those workers in the marine industry.

It is appropriate to do so at this time of year, as many marine workers and their representatives are on the Hill.

I take great pride in introducing the bill because it was the marine industry that brought my family to this country in the first place. My father was a marine worker. In fact he was a shipwright and was recruited by the Canadian Immigration Board to come here to build ships. That is how our family actually immigrated to this great country and was able to set down roots and establish itself.

Clearly it is an industry that is hugely important to all of us across the country. There are literally hundreds of thousands and millions of tonnes of cargo that go through the shipping lanes.

In my riding of Welland we call it the H20 waterway which of course is affectionately known as the Welland Canal. It runs from one end of my riding right through to the other, climbing the mountain, as we call it, in Thorold where we have the twin locks.

It gives me great pleasure to put this bill together and present it, and hopefully it will be adopted by the House.

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