moved for leave to introduce Bill C-259, an act respecting a national grandparent's day.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Calgary Southeast for seconding my motion.
I am pleased to table a bill whose purpose is to recognize Canadian grandparents by establishing a national grandparent's day.
It is appropriate in this Year of the Family, 1994, to pay tribute to our grandparents who have laid the foundation of our family structure and future well-being, to encourage all Canadians, particularly children and grandchildren, to remember and appreciate their grandparents and to honour all grandparents in acknowledgement of their contribution to Canadian society.
I recommend the second Sunday in September to be declared national grandparent's day.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)