An Act respecting Pandemic Observance Day
Pandemic Observance Day Act. Royal assent March 28, 2024 (S.C. 2024, c. 6). Senate public bill sponsored by Senator Marie-Francoise Megie (Independent Senators Group, Quebec, a retired family physician). Designates March 11 each year as Pandemic Observance Day in Canada, marking the date in 2020 when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Recognizes the over 60,000 Canadians who died from COVID-19, the front-line health workers who served during the pandemic, and the long-term effects on long-COVID patients. Symbolic recognition bill.
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Symbolic Senate bill that creates a Pandemic Observance Day on March 11, the WHO's pandemic-declaration anniversary. Recognizes healthcare workers, those who died, and communities affected by COVID-19.
Issues this bill touches
- Healthcare
Pandemic Observance Day.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the Senate.
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Second reading in the Senate.
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Third reading in the Senate.
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First reading in the House of Commons.
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Second reading in the House of Commons.
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Third reading in the House of Commons.
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Royal assent received.
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