Bill C-597 (Historical)

Military and Veteran Families Week Act

An Act respecting a Military and Veteran Families Week

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

Sponsor

Kirsty Duncan  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. 24, 2010
(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 week of February 1 to 7 in each and every year as “Military and Veteran Families Week”.

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.

Military and Veteran Families Week ActRoutine Proceedings

November 24th, 2010 / 3:15 p.m.
See context

Liberal

Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-597, An Act respecting a Military and Veteran Families Week.

Mr. Speaker, our World War II veterans, our Korean veterans, our Canadian Forces veterans and all our Canadian Forces and reserves deserve more than one week of the year of recognition because of the enormity of their sacrifices. Their loved ones also deserve recognition and support.

My private member's bill calls upon the government to designate a national week for military and veterans' families, to honour the families of our military and our veterans, and acknowledge their sacrifices and their important roles.

It is my hope that designating a national week will encourage all Canadians to have increased recognition of the contributions of military and veterans' families and celebrate their spirit with a week of appropriate activities and ceremonies that pay tribute, support and thank these families, and increase awareness of the sacrifices made by military and veterans' families, particularly among Veterans Affairs Canada and the government.

I hope all hon. members will support this.

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