Bill S-219 (Historical)

Journey to Freedom Day Act

An Act respecting a national day of commemoration of the exodus of Vietnamese refugees and their acceptance in Canada after the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War

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

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment designates the thirtieth day of April in each and every year as “Journey to Freedom Day”.

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 S-219s:

S-219 (2025) Judicial Independence Day Act

S-219 (2021) Law National Ribbon Skirt Day Act

S-219 (2020) An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (disclosure of information to victims)

S-219 (2020) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Regulation Adapting the Canada Elections Act for the Purposes of a Referendum (voting age)

Votes

March 25, 2015 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

Motion in AmendmentJourney to Freedom ActPrivate Members' Business

April 22nd, 2015 / 7:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Nay.

Motion in AmendmentJourney to Freedom ActPrivate Members' Business

April 22nd, 2015 / 7:10 p.m.

The Deputy Speaker Joe Comartin

In my opinion the nays have it.

I declare Motion No. 3 defeated.

(Motion No. 3 negatived)