Bill C-700 (Historical)

National Perinatal Bereavement Awareness Day Act

An Act to Establish National Perinatal Bereavement Awareness Day

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Christine Moore  NDP

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 18, 2015
(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 October 15 in each and every year as “National Perinatal Bereavement Awareness Day”.

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.

National Perinatal Bereavement Awareness Day ActRoutine Proceedings

June 18th, 2015 / 10:15 a.m.
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NDP

Christine Moore NDP Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-700, An Act to Establish National Perinatal Bereavement Awareness Day.

Mr. Speaker, every year, thousands of families are affected by perinatal bereavement. This kind of loss is considered one of the hardest things anyone could ever go through in their adult life, and it can cause physical and psychological suffering for the parents and the extended family. These parents often isolate themselves, since it is such a difficult experience to go through.

I therefore ask my fellow parliamentarians to recognize the importance of raising awareness about perinatal bereavement. That is why I want October 15 to be declared national perinatal bereavement awareness day.

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