Bill C-222 (Historical)

Military and Veteran Families Week Act

An Act respecting a Military and Veteran Families Week

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-222 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Military and Veteran Families Week Act

C-597 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) Military and Veteran Families Week 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 C-222s:

C-222 (2021) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (travel expenses deduction for tradespersons)

C-222 (2020) An Act to amend the Expropriation Act (protection of private property)

C-222 (2016) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (Canada-Barbados Income Tax Agreement)

1^st reading

Military and Veteran Families Week ActRoutine Proceedings

June 15th, 2011 / 3:20 p.m.

Liberal

Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-222, An Act respecting a Military and Veteran Families Week.

Mr. Speaker, our World War II veterans, Korean War veterans, Canadian Forces veterans and all 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 to 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 them, particularly among Veterans Affairs Canada and the government.

I hope all hon. members will support the bill.

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