Bill S-227

Arab Heritage Month Act

An Act respecting Arab Heritage Month

Status

Report stage (House), as of April 14, 2026

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment designates the month of April as “Arab Heritage Month”.

Similar bills

C-232 (44th Parliament, 1st session) Arab Heritage Month Act

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-227s:

S-227 (2021) Law Food Day in Canada Act

S-227 (2021) National Ribbon Skirt Day Act

S-227 (2016) Recreational Boating Reporting Requirements Modernization Act

S-227 (2015) National Sickle Cell Awareness Day Act

Canadian HeritageCommittees of the HouseRoutine Proceedings

April 14th, 2026 / 10 a.m.

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Liberal

Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON

Mr. Speaker, as chair of the permanent Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, I have the great honour and pleasure of presenting three reports to the House of Commons today.

First, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, entitled “Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on the Creative Industries”. Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to the report.

Second, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, in relation to Bill S-227, an act respecting Arab heritage month. The committee has studied the bill and has decided to report the bill back to the House without amendment.

Third, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the sixth report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, in relation to Bill S-210, an act respecting Ukrainian heritage month. The committee has studied the bill and has decided to report the bill back to the House without amendment.

It is clearly a very busy and very productive committee.

Message from the SenateGovernment Orders

October 8th, 2025 / 4:10 p.m.

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The Assistant Deputy Speaker John Nater

Order.

I have the honour to inform the House that a message has been received from the Senate informing this House that the Senate has passed the following bill, to which the concurrence of the House is desired: Bill S-227, An Act respecting Arab Heritage Month.

It is my duty pursuant to Standing Order 38 to inform the House that the questions to be raised tonight at the time of adjournment are as follows: the hon. member for Elgin—St. Thomas—London South, Canadian Heritage; the hon. member for Riding Mountain, Health; the hon. member for Nunavut, Indigenous Affairs.