Bill S-234 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate)

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

Status

Dead, as of Nov. 30, 2018
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment creates the position of Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate. It also corrects a reference to the Canada Council for the Arts in the English version of the Parliament of Canada Act.

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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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other S-234s:

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Parliament of Canada ActRoutine Proceedings

June 20th, 2018 / 3:55 p.m.

Liberal

Dan Vandal Liberal Saint Boniface—Saint Vital, MB

moved that Bill S-234, an act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate), be read the first time.

I rise today to table Bill S-234, an act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate). I would like to begin by acknowledging the work of Senator Bovey, from my home province of Manitoba, and Senator Moore of Nova Scotia, in the creation of this bill and thank them for their work in moving it forward in the other chamber.

This bill gives parliamentarians the opportunity to send a clear message to Canada's artistic community that we appreciate and recognize the importance of its work not only to our country's culture, but also to our society's economy.

Furthermore, the position of an artist laureate would enable artists from all regions of Canada and of different backgrounds to have a national platform to showcase their work. Arts and culture is one of the most powerful tools we have for making social change. This bill celebrates artists and recognizes their importance to this great country of Canada.

(Motion agreed to and bill read the first time)