moved for leave to introduce Bill C-209, An Act to establish Albanian Heritage Month.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to reintroduce a bill entitled the Albanian heritage month act. If passed, it would designate the month of November every year as Albanian heritage month across Canada.
I would like to thank my colleague from Mississauga East—Cooksville for cosponsoring this bill with me. I hope all members of the House will support it.
Canada is home to many Canadians of Albanian heritage and they have made historic contributions to our country. Those contributions touch our economic, cultural and social life. If passed, this bill would give us a special opportunity to celebrate those contributions and also Albanian heritage. Every November, it would give us another opportunity to say, “Gëzuar muajin e trashëgimisë shqiptare.” Every day, it would give Albanian Canadians another reason to say, “Jam krenar që jam shqiptar.”
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)