This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
In committee (Senate), as of May 12, 2015
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill.
This enactment designates the 5th day of May in each and every year as “National Day of the Midwife”.
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-608s:
HealthCommittees of the HouseRoutine Proceedings
January 28th, 2015 / 3:10 p.m.
Conservative
Ben Lobb Conservative Huron—Bruce, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the eighth report of the Standing Committee on Health in relation to Bill C-608, An Act respecting a National Day of the Midwife. The committee has studied the bill and has decided to report the bill back to the House without amendment.
Rosane Doré Lefebvre NDP Alfred-Pellan, QC
Mr. Speaker, the third petition is about my bill, Bill C-608. Many people have signed this petition to make May 5 the national day of the midwife.
Tougher Penalties for Child Predators ActGovernment Orders
November 21st, 2014 / 10:15 a.m.
NDP
Rosane Doré Lefebvre NDP Alfred-Pellan, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Edmonton—Strathcona for her extremely important question. I am happy that she mentioned the specific situation facing first nations communities.
I agree that the government is unfortunately neglecting many files. With regard to the schools she mentioned, the government is completely neglecting its duty and is not honouring the treaties it has signed with first nations. It is so sad to see this. I truly hope that this will get the attention it deserves and that it will be included in the bill, because often the reality facing isolated first nations communities is forgotten.
This brings me to a parallel I would like to draw with the bill we voted on. I introduced Bill C-608 in the House of Commons. It passed second reading. Members voted unanimously in favour of a bill to establish a national day of the midwife. That bill is very important to first nations in particular, because the whole birth experience has been altered among first nations. Women often have to fly out of their communities for weeks, if not two or three months, in order to give birth to their child, when instead we could simply sit down with first nations communities and look at what they need for women to be able to deliver their babies in their own communities.
This bill is along the same lines. We need to make sure that we work in partnership with first nations and that the government has an open dialogue with those communities.
The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
The time provided for the consideration of private members' business has now expired, and the order is dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the order paper.
Pursuant to Standing Order 37, the House will now proceed to the consideration of Bill C-608 under private members' business.