(All of the Canadian Parliament’s Bills are online)
Are you concerned about your tax dollars being wasted? Do you suspect that parliament is doing nothing productive? Uncertain about the endless pandering on your dime? Well, let me tell you …
…you are exactly right about that.
Let’s take a stroll through the index of pending legislation for this 42nd session of Parliament, and see exactly what our honourable Members of Parliament have been up to. Examples of some of the “less urgent” matters to be discussed. Here are some of the honourable mentions.
CLICK HERE to get a good look at all of the: (1) Government; (2) Private Member; and (3) Senate bills of the 42nd session of parliament.
(1) CLICK HERE, for bill C-210, a bill to ensure a gender-neutral national anthem. Royal Assent February 7, 2018.
(2) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-216, to designate October 15 as National Perinatal Bereavement Awareness Day. First reading.
(3) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-231, to establish a National Food Waste Awareness Day. First Reading.
(4) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-237, Gender Equity in Elections. First Reading.
(5) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-306, establishing May 18 as Crimean Tatar Deportation Awareness Day. First Reading.
(6) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-309, to designate the 4th week of Sepember as Gender Equality Week. Royal Assent June 21, 2018.
(7) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-317, to designate October as Hispanic Heritage Month. First Reading.
(8) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-318, to designate June 2nd as Indian Residential School Reconciliation and Memorial Day.
(9) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-361, to make National Aboriginal Day an official holiday.
(10) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-376, to designate April as Sikh Heritage Month. Third Reading.
(11) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-386, to make September 30 Orange Shirt Day: A Day for Truth and Reconciliation. First Reading.
(12) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-391, an act to develop a strategy for repatriating Aboriginal remains. Second reading.
(13) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-393, to exempt Quebec from the National Multiculturalism Act. Actually, this one makes sense. First reading.
(14) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-403, to designate November as Diabetes Awareness Month. First reading.
(15) CLICK HERE, for Bill C-416, to designate October as Hindu Heritage Month. First reading.
(16) CLICK HERE, for Bill S-215, to raise the penalties (or at least consider it an aggravating factor), if the victim of a crime is an Aboriginal woman. Third reading.
(17) CLICK HERE, for Bill S-218, to designate October as Latin American Heritage Month. Royal assent June 21, 2018.
(18) CLICK HERE, for Bill S-222, to advance Canada’s linguistic plurality. First reading.
(19) CLICK HERE, for Bill S-232, to establish May as Canadian Jewish Heritage Month. Royal Assent March 29, 2018.
(20) CLICK HERE, for Bill S-241, to designate February 21 as International Mother Language Day. First Reading.
(21) CLICK HERE, for Bill S-244, to designate the 3rd week of February as Kindness Week.
(22) CLICK HERE, for Bill S-255, designating August 1 as Emancipation Day.
To Summarise Our New “Days” and “Months”
February (3rd Week) – Kindness Week
February 21 -International Mother Language Day
April – Sikh Heritage Month
May – Canadian Jewish Heritage Month
May 18 – Crimean Tatar Deportation Awareness Day
June 2 – Indian Residential School Reconciliation and Memorial Day
June 21 – National Aboriginal Day
August 1 – Emancipation day
September (4th week) – Gender Equality Week
September 30 – Orange Shirt Day, a Day For Truth and reconciliation
October 15 – National Perinatal Bereavement Awareness Day
October- Hindu Heritage Month
October – Latin American Heritage Month
November – Diabetes Awareness Month
Looks like the calendar is about to become a lot more full. Good thing there aren’t REAL ISSUES that could be discussed.
More to come, but this article strictly dealt with “pandering” bills.