Bill C-228 (Historical)

National Appreciation Day Act

An Act respecting a National Appreciation Day

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Daryl Kramp  Conservative

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. 16, 2013
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment designates the third day of March in each and every year as a day for the people of Canada to express appreciation for the heroic work of members of the Canadian Forces and emergency response professionals, including police officers, firefighters and paramedics.

Similar bills

C-207 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) National Appreciation Day Act
C-228 (41st Parliament, 1st session) National Appreciation Day Act
C-505 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) National Appreciation Day Act
C-201 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) National Appreciation Day Act
C-201 (39th Parliament, 1st session) National Appreciation Day Act
C-439 (38th Parliament, 1st session) National Appreciation 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-228s:

C-228 (2022) Law Pension Protection Act
C-228 (2021) Law Reduction of Recidivism Framework Act
C-228 (2020) Reduction of Recidivism Framework Act
C-228 (2016) An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (closed containment aquaculture)
C-228 (2010) Canada Water Preservation Act

National Appreciation Day ActRoutine Proceedings

June 16th, 2011 / 12:15 p.m.


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Conservative

Daryl Kramp Conservative Prince Edward—Hastings, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-228, An Act respecting a National Appreciation Day.

Mr. Speaker, today I am honoured to stand in our House of Parliament to reintroduce my private member's bill, an act respecting a national appreciation day.

This bill would designate the third day of March each and every year as a day for the people of Canada to express appreciation for the heroic work of members of the Canadian Forces and emergency response professionals, including police officers, firefighters and paramedics.

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