Bill C-214 (Historical)

Maple Leaf and Tulip Day Act

An Act respecting the friendship between Canada and the Netherlands

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2013.

Sponsor

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 June 15, 2011
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-214 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Maple Leaf and Tulip Day Act

C-613 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) Maple Leaf and Tulip Day Act

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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-214s:

C-214 (2021) An Act to amend the Canadian Navigable Waters Act (lakes and rivers in British Columbia)

C-214 (2020) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (qualifying environmental trust)

C-214 (2016) An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (appeals)

C-214 (2010) Tartan Day Act

1^st reading

Maple Leaf and Tulip Day ActRoutine Proceedings

June 15th, 2011 / 3:10 p.m.

NDP

Peter Stoffer NDP Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-214, An Act respecting the friendship between Canada and the Netherlands.

Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise in the House to introduce legislation to make May 5 maple leaf and tulip day. As we all know, there is a tremendous relationship between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Dominion of Canada. We have over 5,700 Canadians buried on Dutch soil.

I am proud to say that the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mr. Wim Geerts, is very close by, along with the ambassador to the Hague. They are both here to witness this historic opportunity to make May 5, in continuity, maple leaf and tulip day to show the continuing friendship between the Netherlands and Canada.

There are now one million Canadians of Dutch descent in Canada. We are slowly taking over. As we say, “If you're not Dutch, you're not much”.

So, Gouda cheese and Heineken for everyone. Let us hope we pass this bill as quickly as humanly possible.

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