Bill C-205 (Historical)

ALS Month Act

An Act to designate the month of June as ALS Month

This bill was last introduced in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

David Tilson  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 Dec. 10, 2015
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

The purpose of this enactment is to designate the month of June in each and every year as ALS Month.

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.

ALS Month ActRoutine Proceedings

December 10th, 2015 / 10 a.m.


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Conservative

David Tilson Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-205, An Act to designate the month of June as ALS Month.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to reintroduce a private member's bill that I had introduced in the past, which will designate the month of June as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, month. The bill will ensure that each year the month of June shall be known as ALS month.

The intention of the bill is to raise awareness of this devastating condition. I have a personal connection to this scurrilous disease. I lost my own father to ALS a number of years ago, so raising awareness and encouraging research are causes close to my heart.

All members know that one of our own colleagues has recently been diagnosed with ALS, so this horrendous condition is now very close to every member of this chamber.

I hope all members will support this initiative.