Bill S-218 (Historical)

Latin American Heritage Month Act

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

This is from the published bill.

This enactment designates the month of October in each and every year as “Latin American Heritage Month”.

S-228 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Hispanic Heritage Month Act

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-218s:

S-218 (2025) An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1982 (notwithstanding clause)

S-218 (2021) An Act to amend the Department for Women and Gender Equality Act

S-218 (2020) Jane Goodall Act

S-218 (2020) Constitution Act, 2020 (property qualifications of Senators)

June 20, 2018 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill S-218, An Act respecting Latin American Heritage Month

Luc Fortin, President, Guilde des musiciens et des musiciennes du Québec
Margaret McGuffin, Executive Director, Canadian Music Publishers Association
Vince Degiorgio, Chair, Board of Directors, Canadian Music Publishers Association
Jérôme Payette, Executive Director, Association des professionnels de l'édition musicale
Marie-Josée Dupré, Executive Director, Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec
Éric Lefebvre, Secretary-Treasurer, Guilde des musiciens et des musiciennes du Québec